2018 Standard Chess Dropout Tournament, Round 4

A47: Neo-Queen's Indian
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. d4 Nf6
Clock started on 01/22/2019
2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. c4 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nc5 13. Bc4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qd3 15. Na3 Qxc4 16. Nxc4 Rd8 17. Rfd1 Nc6 18. Bd4 Na6 19. Bc3 Nab4 20. a3= Nd5 21. Bb2 f4 22. e4 Nde7 23. Kf1 g5 24. Ke2 Ng6 25. h3 a5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rc1 Rd7 28. Ba1 Na7 29. Bb2 h6 30. g3 h5 31. Nd2 g4 32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Nf1 Rh7 34. gxf4 Nxf4+ 35. Ke3 Ng6 36. a4 Kf8 37. Ke2 Nf4+ 38. Ke3 Ng6 39. Ke2 Nf4+ 40. Ke3 Ng6 41. Ke2 Ke8 42. Nd2 Nc8 43. Rg1 Rh4 44. Ke3 Nce7 45. Nc4 Rh3+ 46. Rg3 Nc6 47. Kd2 Kf7 48. Ke3 Nb4 49. Bc3 Na6 50. Bd4 Nb8 51. Ke2 Nd7 52. Ke3 Kf8 53. Bb2 Ke7 54. Bd4 Kf7 55. Kd3 Kf8 56. Kc3 Ke8 57. Kd3 Kf7 58. Ke3 Rh4 59. Bc3 Rh3 60. Bd4= Ke8 61. Kd3 Kf8 62. Ke2 Ne7 63. Kf1 Rxg3 64. fxg3 Nc6 65. Bb2 Kg7 66. Bc3 Nc5 67. Nd2 Nd7 68. Nc4 Nc5 69. Nd2 Na6 70. Ke2 Kg6 71. Ke3 Nab8 72. Nc4 Nd7 73. Kf4 Kh5=
Draw

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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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