Standard Chess League - Season Nine

C45y: Scotch: 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 Ne5
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 08/30/2015
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f4 Qxe4 11. Bf2 Bxd4 12. cxd4 N5g6 13. g3 Bh3 14. Bf3 Qf5 15. Re1 d5 16. Qb3 O-O-O 17. Nc3 Kb8 18. Na4 h5 19. Nc5 Qc8 20. Rac1 Rd6 21. a4 Ka8 22. a5 a6 23. Re3 h4 24. Rce1 Be6 25. R3e2 Kb8 26. Re3 hxg3 27. hxg3 Ka8 28. Bg2 Nf5 29. Rc3 Bd7 30. Rec1 Bb5 31. Nxb7 Kxb7 32. Bxd5+ Rxd5 33. Qxd5+ c6 34. Qxf7+ Nfe7 35. f5 Rf8 36. Qe6 Rxf5 37. Re1 Qxe6 38. Rxe6 Kc7 39. Kg2 Kd7 40. Re1 Rg5 41. Be3 Rh5 42. Bc1 Nd5 43. Rb3 Bc4 44. Rb8 Nc7 45. Kg1 Rxa5 46. Bd2 Rh5 47. Bb4 Bd5 48. Bc5 Ne6 49. Rb7+ Kc8 50. Ra7 Rh1+ 51. Kf2 Rh2+ 52. Ke3 Rxb2 53. Bd6 Bc4 54. Ke4 Rb5 55. Ke3 Rd5 56. Bc5 Nxc5 57. dxc5 Rd7 58. Rxd7 Kxd7 59. Rd1+ Ke8 60. Ke4 Nf8 61. Rc1 Bb5 62. Kf5 a5 63. Re1+ Kd7 64. Rd1+ Kc7 65. Ke5 a4 66. Rc1 Kd7 67. Rc3 Ne6 68. Rc1 Ke7 69. Rc2 Bd3 70. Rc1 Be2 71. Ke4 Kf6 72. Ke3 Bb5 73. Ke4 Ng5+ 74. Kf4 Nh3+ 75. Ke4 Nf2+ 76. Kd4 Kf5 77. Rb1 Ne4 78. Rg1 g6 79. Rg2 g5 80. g4+ Kf4 81. Re2 Ng3 82. Re4+ Kf3 83. Re8 Ne2+ 84. Ke5 Kxg4 85. Rg8 Nf4 86. Rg7 Nd3+ 87. Kd4 Kf4 88. Rf7+ Kg3 89. Rb7 Nb4 90. Kc3 Na6 91. Rg7 g4 92. Kd4 a3 93. Re7 Kf2 94. Rf7+ Ke1 95. Kc3 g3 96. Re7+ Be2 97. Kb3 g2 98. Rg7 Kf2 99. Kxa3 g1=Q 100. Rxg1 Kxg1 101. Ka4 Nxc5+
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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