2017 Standard Chess Dropout Tournament, Round 5

B78a: Sicilian: Dragon, Yugoslav, 10.O-O-O
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 c5
Clock started on 08/13/2018
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. Kb1 b5 12. Ndxb5 Ne5 13. Be2 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Qd7 15. Qa5 Rfc8 16. Qxa7 Qc6 17. Qa4 Nfd7 18. Qb3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Rhe1 Nc6 21. c3 Qf2 22. Bf1 Na7 23. a4 Nxb5 24. axb5 Be5 25. Re2 Qc5 26. Red2 Bxh2 27. Rd4 e6 28. Ra4 Qg1 29. Qc2 Bf4 30. Qd3 Qf2 31. Qd4 Qg3 32. Ra6 h5 33. Rb6 h4 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Qa7 Rd8 36. Kc2 Kg7 37. Kb3 h3 38. gxh3 Qxf3 39. Qd4+ Be5 40. Qd3 Qf2 41. Ra1 Bf6 42. Be2 Be5 43. Qf3 Qc5 44. Qg4 Rb8 45. Qf3 Rd8 46. Ra6 Rb8 47. Qd3 Qf2 48. Bf1 Qc5 49. Qc4 Qg1 50. Be2 Qe3 51. Bf1 Qf3 52. Ra7 Qf6 53. Bd3 Qf3 54. Qc7 Rf8 55. Bc4 Bd4 56. Ra3 d5 57. Ka2 Qxe4 58. cxd4 dxc4 59. b6 Qd5 60. b7 c3+ 61. Rb3 c2 62. Qxc2 Qa5+ 63. Ra3 Qb5 64. Qc7 Qd5+ 65. Rb3 Qxd4 66. b8=Q Rxb8 67. Qxb8 Kh6 68. Qf8+ Kg5 69. Qxf7
White 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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