Standard Chess League - Season Ten

B22f: Sicilian: Alapin, 2...d5 3.exd5 Qxd5
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 c5
Clock started on 09/04/2016
2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Qf3 Qxf3 5. Nxf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 e6 9. d4 a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bc2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Be7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Bf4 Bb4 15. Re3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd5 17. Re4 Nxf4 18. Rxf4 Ne7 19. Ne5 Rad8 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. Re1 Rc7 22. Rf3 b4 23. Bb3 Rxc3 24. Rfe3 Rxe3 25. fxe3 a5 26. e4 Rd8 27. Rd1 Kf8 28. d5 e5 29. Rc1 f6 30. Rc5 Ra8 31. d6 Nc8 32. Rd5 Nb6 33. Rb5 Nd7 34. Be6 Ke8 35. Rb7 Rd8 36. Ra7 a4 37. Bxd7+ Rxd7 38. Rxa4 Rxd6 39. Rxb4 Rd1+ 40. Kf2 Rd2+ 41. Kf3 Rxa2 42. Rb8+ Kf7 43. Rb7+ Kg6 44. h4 Ra3+ 45. Kf2 h5 46. g3 Kh6 47. Rb6 Ra7 48. Kf3 Rf7 49. Re6 g5 50. Kg2 Kg6 51. Kh3 Rd7 52. Kg2 gxh4 53. gxh4 Rg7 54. Kf3 Kf7 55. Ra6 Rg4 56. Ra7+ Kg6 57. Ra8 Rxh4 58. Rg8+ Kf7 59. Rg1 Rf4+ 60. Ke3 Rg4 61. Rf1 Kg6 62. Rf5 h4 63. Kf3 Rg5 64. Rxg5+ Kxg5 65. Kg2 Kf4 66. Kh3 Kxe4 67. Kxh4 Kf3
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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