CT Class 4 #155

C11c: French: Steinitz
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e6
Clock started on 02/21/2014
2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bb5 c6 6. Ba4 f5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 b5 10. Bb3 Nb6 11. a3 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. b3 cxb3 14. cxb3 Ba6 15. Re1 Nd7 16. b4 Nb6 17. a4 Nc4 18. b5 Bb7 19. Qc1 a5 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qg5 Qb4 23. Rec1 cxb5 24. Nxb5 Rf7 25. Rcb1 Qf8 26. Qh5 g6 27. Qh3 Bc6 28. Ng5 Re7 29. Nd6 Nxd6 30. exd6 Rd7 31. Nxe6 Qxd6 32. Ng5 Qe7 33. Qh4 Qf6 34. Re1 Re7 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. f4 Qe3+ 37. Qf2 Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Rb8 39. Nf3 Rb4 40. Re1 Rxa4 41. Re7 Ra2+ 42. Kg1 Rc2 43. Ra7 a4 44. Ne5 Bb5 45. Ra5 Rb2 46. Ra8+ Kg7 47. Ra7+ Kh6 48. Nf3 Rb3 49. Ra5 Kh5 50. h3 h6 51. Kf2 a3 52. Nd2 Rd3 53. Nb1 Rxd4 54. Nxa3 Bc4 55. Nxc4 Rxf4+ 56. Kg1 Rxc4 57. Rxd5 Kh4 58. Kh2 f4 59. Rd6 Kh5 60. Rd3 g5 61. g3 Rc2+ 62. Kg1 fxg3 63. Rxg3 Kh4 64. Rf3 g4 65. Rf2 Rxf2 66. Kxf2 Kxh3 67. Kg1 g3 68. Kh1 Kg4 69. Kg2 h5 70. Kg1 Kf3 71. Kf1 h4 72. Kg1 g2 73. Kh2 Kf2 74. Kh3 g1=Q 75. Kxh4 Qg6
Black 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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