2018 Standard Chess Dropout Tournament, Round 6

D41a: QGD: Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cxd5
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. d4 d5
Clock started on 2/15/2020
2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 c4 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Qc2 cxb3 13. axb3 Qd8 14. b4 Be7 15. Qb2 Nc6 16. b5 Nb4 17. Ra4 Qd6 18. Na2 a5 19. bxa6 Nxa6 20. h3 Bd7 21. Ra5 Rfb8 22. Ne5 Bc6 23. Qd2 Nc7 24. Rb1 g6 25. Nb4 Be8 26. Rc5 Qd8 27. Rcc1 Ne6 28. f4 Ra3 29. Bf3 Qa5 30. Rd1 Bxb4 31. Rxb4 f6 32. Ng4 Kg7 33. Rdb1 Bc6 34. Qe1 Qc7 35. Qh4 Qf7 36. f5 Ng5 37. Rb6 Nxf3+ 38. gxf3 Rf8 39. Qh6+ Kg8 40. fxg6 Qxg6 41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Kg3 Raa8 43. h4 Kh8 44. h5 Qf7 45. Kf2 Qe7 46. Qf4 Qe6 47. R6b2 Qd7 48. Rg1 Qf7= 49. h6 Qe7 50. Re2 Qe6 51. Rg2 Rae8 52. Kg1 Bb5 53. Rb2 Bc6 54. Rb3 Rf7 55. Nf2 Rd7 56. Kf1 Rf7 57. Nh1 Ba4 58. Rc3 Bb5+ 59. Kf2 Ra8 60. Ng3 Rff8 61. Qf5 Qd6 62. Rc2 Bd7 63. Qh5 Qe6 64. Qh4 Bb5 65. Nh5 Qf5 66. Rb2 Qd3 67. Kg3 Qxe3 68. Kh2 Ba6 69. Nf4 Qxf3 70. Rg4 Qe4 71. Rbg2 Qf5 72. Qh3
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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 Book: 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. Share: The share tab will allow you to share your game on social media (if someone becomes a member by following one of your links, you will be rewarded with a complimentary extension to your full membership); you can also download the game as either an animated GIF or in PGN format, and you can copy the current position to your clipboard in FEN format.
  10. 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.
  • 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.

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