CT Class 5 #11

B30g: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3.Bc4
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 c5
Clock started on 10/29/2013
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O a6 5. b3 b5 6. Be2 Bb7 7. d3 d6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. h3 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 Nb4 13. Bd2 Bc6 14. Ra1 Qb6 15. Nc3 a5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. d4 Bf6 18. Rc1 Rfd8 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Bb7 21. Nd2 Na6 22. Na4 Qc7 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Nac3 Nf6 25. Bd3 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Bc8 27. Qc2 Nb4 28. Qb1 h6 29. Be2 a4 30. bxa4 Rxa4 31. Nc3 Ra5 32. Qe4 Bf6 33. Nb5 Qe7 34. Qxe7 Bxe7 35. Bd2 Ra4 36. Ra1 Rxa1 37. Rxa1 Bf6 38. Ra8 Be7 39. Ra4 Nc2 40. Bf4 Nb4 41. Bf3 Nd3 42. Be3 Bd7 43. Be2 Ne5 44. Bf4 Bxb5 45. cxb5 f6 46. b6 Nd7 47. b7 Kh7 48. Bb5 Nb6 49. Ra7 Rb8 50. Bc6 c4 51. Be3 Bd8 52. Kf1 Bc7 53. Ke1 Kg6 54. f3 c3 55. Bxb6 Bxb6 56. Ra8 Bc7 57. Kd1 Kg5 58. g3 Kf5 59. Kc2 g5 60. Kxc3 h5 61. Kd3 Ke5 62. Ke3 f5 63. f4+ Kf6 64. Rxb8 Bxb8 65. Bd7 Ba7+ 66. Kf3 g4+ 67. Kg2 Bb8 68. h4 Bc7 69. Kf2 Bb6+ 70. Ke2 Ba7 71. Kd3 Bb8 72. Kc4 Kg6 73. Kb5 Kf6 74. Kc6 Kg6 75. Be6 Kf6 76. Kd7
White win

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The Action Bar

The Action Bar is the most important part of the game screen, this is where you interact with the game by entering moves, conditional moves, comments, draw offers, resignations, and much more (if you are not viewing one of your own games, the Action Bar is not shown).  The Action Bar is in four parts, from left to right:

  1. The Move Input Box: where your move or conditional move is shown; it is possible to type into this box, but not recommended, you can enter your move by dragging and dropping the pieces on the board.
  2. The Action Selection Dropdown: this is where you select the action you want to do, for example, move, enter a comment, accept a draw offer, claim a draw, etc.  Only the actions which are relevant to the current game are shown.
  3. The Continue Button: this button sends your action back to our server; sometimes you might see a pop-up text box before the action is sent, this is so that you can write a message to your opponent.  You can set your preferences so that this box is always shown to confirm you move (under the "Chess Board" tab "Confirm moves before committing), some people find this helpful as a "blunder check".
  4. The Next Game button: clicking the button will take you to the next game for which it is your move.

The Game Information Panel

Under the Action Bar, you should find the Game Information Panel.  This gives you more information about the game; because there is too much information to see on one screen here, it is arranged into "tab"; you can move between the various screens by clicking the buttons, from left to right:

  1. Game Overview: this tab shows the full history of the game, including comments (you cannot read the comments from another player's game, unless the game is marked as "public"), leave taken, etc.  You can click the moves to see the position on the chess board.
  2. Hide Comments: this tab shows the moves of the game only, without the distraction of the comments shown on the game overview tab.
  3. Material Balance: this tab shows the captured pieces in the game.  If you are playing CrazyHouse chess, or a similar game, you can drag pieces from here to the board to make a "drop".
  4. Tags: You can "tag" games, this makes it easier to come back to games, you can find the games you have tagged from the game database screen.
  5. Variant Information: this tab is available for some chess variants, it will show you a description of the variant.
  6. Opening Information: In standard chess games, this tab will show you information about the chess opening you have been playing, taken from the Game Explorer.
  7. Analysis Board: Opening this tab will overlay an "analysis board" on the main chess board; you can move the pieces around freely on this board to try out various ideas in the game.
  8. Engine Analysis: This tab allows you to analyse the game using a chess engine; because the use of engines is not allowed on SchemingMind, this tab is not available for ongoing games.
  9. Help: If you are reading this, you have already figured out what the help button does!

The Chess Board

The chess board shows the current position in your game; if it is your move, or if you can enter a conditional move, you can drag and drop the pieces on the chess board.

If you wish to castle, simply drag your king over the rook on the side you wish to castle on.  When you promote a pawn, you will see a pop-up prompting you to select the promoted piece.

We have a number of different designs for chess boards and pieces, you can select the one you prefer from your personal preferences.

Under the chess board is a navigation toolbar (this toolbar looks slightly different if you are looking at the analysis board).

From left to right:

  • Settings: This button will bring up your chess board and pieces display settings.
  • Download Game: This button will allow you to download the game in PGN format.
  • Copy Position: This button will copy the position to your clipboard.
  • Move to Start: This button will show the start position of the game.
  • Previous Move: This button will move position shown on the board back one move.
  • Next Move: This button will show the next position on the board.
  • Last Move: This button will show the current position on the board.
  • Flip: This button will show the board from the other player's perspective (by default you see games from White's perspective unless you are Black; you can select an option to always show the board from White's perspective in your personal preferences).
  • Animate: If you are not looking at the last move in the game, this button will animate the game from the shown position to the last move.
  • Stop Animation: This button will stop the animation.
  • Analysis Board: This button will show the Analysis Board (see above).

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