2016 Standard Chess Dropout Tournament, Round 3

E13p: Queen's Indian: 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb4 7.e3 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4 9.Qc2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 d6 11.Bd3
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
Clock started on 08/09/2016
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. e3 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. a4 g4 14. Nh4 a5 15. O-O Rg8 16. Bh7 Rg7 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rb8 19. Rfb1 Rc8 20. Rb5 Rg5 21. Qd3 Ke7 22. e4 Qh8 23. Qe3 Qg7 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. Rb2 Re8 26. Kh2 Kg8 27. Qe2 Ra8 28. c5 dxc5 29. Qb5 Nf6 30. Qc6 Rf8 31. Re2 cxd4 32. cxd4 Rc8 33. Ree1 Qf8 34. Rc1 Qd8 35. Red1 Qe7 36. Re1 Rd8 37. Qb7 Ne8 38. Red1 Qd7 39. f4 gxf3 40. Nxf3 Rg7 41. Qc6 Qxc6 42. Rxc6 Rg4 43. Re1 Nf6 44. Rxc7 Rxe4 45. Rxe4 Nxe4 46. g4 Rd5 47. Rc6 Rd6 48. Rc4 Kg7 49. Kg1 Nf6 50. g5 hxg5 51. Nxg5 b5 52. axb5 Rd5 53. Nf3 Rxb5 54. Rc7 Ng4 55. Kf1 Rb2 56. Ke1 Kf6 57. Rc3 Rxg2 58. Nd2 Rg1+ 59. Ke2 Ra1 60. Kf3 Kg5 61. Ne4+ Kh5 62. Rc7 f5 63. Nc5 a4 64. Nxe6 a3 65. Nf4+ Kg5 66. Rg7+ Kh6 67. Rg6+ Kh7 68. Ra6 a2 69. Kg2 Ne3+ 70. Kg3 Nc2 71. Ra7+ Kg8 72. Ne2 Nb4 73. Nc3 Rg1+
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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