CT Class 4 #201

E28: Nimzo-Indian: Saemisch, 5...O-O 6.e3
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. d4 Nf6
Clock started on 11/30/2015
2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2 h6 11. e4 c5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 cxd4 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bb2 Qc6 16. f3 Ng4 17. Be4 Ne3 18. Bxc6 Nxc2 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Be4 Nxa1 21. Bxa1 dxc3 22. Bxc3 Rbc8 23. Bd3 b5 24. Bb4 Rfd8 25. Be2 bxc4 26. Rc1 Rd4 27. Bc3 Rdd8 28. Rd1 Re8 29. Rd4 Rc7 30. Bxc4 Rec8 31. Ba6 Rxc3 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. Kf2 Rc7 34. a4 g5 35. Re4 Kg7 36. g3 a6 37. h4 Kf6 38. f4 gxh4 39. gxh4 Rc3 40. Ke2 Rh3 41. Rc4 Rxh4 42. Kf3 Rh5 43. Rc6 Ra5 44. Kg4 Rxa4 45. Kh5 Rxf4 46. Rxa6 Rf1 47. Ra7 e5 48. Ra3 Rh1+ 49. Kg4 h5+ 50. Kg3 Kf5 51. Kg2 Re1 52. Rf3+ Ke6 53. Rh3 f5 54. Rxh5 e4 55. Kf2 Ra1 56. Ke3 Ke5 57. Rh8 Ra3+ 58. Ke2 Kf4 59. Rh4+ Ke5 60. Kf2 Rf3+ 61. Ke2 Kd4 62. Rh1 Ra3 63. Rf1 Ra2+ 64. Ke1 Ra1+ 65. Kf2 Rxf1+ 66. Kxf1 Ke3 67. Kg2 f4 68. Kf1 Kd2 69. Kf2 e3+
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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