CT Class 4 #186

C50a: Italian Game
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 04/28/2015
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. c3 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bg4 8. d5 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Ne5 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Bb5+ c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Ba4 Qb6 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Kh1 Qc7 16. f4 Ned7 17. Bc2 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qh5 19. Qxh5 Nxh5 20. g4 Nhf6 21. h3 Rab8 22. Rae1 Rxb2 23. Rc1 Bd8 24. a4 a5 25. Nd1 Rb8 26. Nc3 Re8 27. e5 dxe5 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. g5 hxg5 30. Bxg5 Ned7 31. Bf5 g6 32. Bxd7 Nxd7 33. Bxd8 Rbxd8 34. Rce1 Rxe1 35. Rxe1 Kf8 36. Ne4 Nb6 37. Nf6 Nxa4 38. Ng4 c5 39. Ne5 Rc8 40. Rf1 Rc7 41. Nxg6+ Kg7 42. Ne5 Nb6 43. Rb1 Nd5 44. Nc4 a4 45. Ra1 Ra7 46. Ra3 Ra6 47. Nb2 Nb6 48. Kg2 f5 49. Kf3 Kg6 50. Kf4 c4 51. h4 Nd5+ 52. Ke5 Ra5 53. Nxc4 Rc5 54. Kd4 Rb5 55. Ne5+ Kh5 56. Rxa4 f4 57. Nf3 Rb3 58. Ng5 Kxh4 59. Ne4 Ne3 60. Nc5 Rb8 61. Ke4 Rf8 62. Kf3 Nd5 63. Nd3 Kg5 64. Ra5 Rf5 65. Ra8 Nf6 66. Rc8 Rd5 67. Rc5 Rxc5 68. Nxc5= Nd5 69. Nd3 Kf5 70. Nxf4
Conditional Moves: 70... Nxf4
70... Nxf4
Draw

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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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