Mikhail Tal Memorial (2300+)

E17q: Queen's Indian: 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 d5
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. Nf3 Nf6
Clock started on 04/25/2020
2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Bf4 Bb4 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. e3 Qd6 18. Rab1 c5 19. a4 Qc7 20. Rec1 f6 21. Ng6 Ne6 22. a5 Ba6 23. axb6 axb6 24. Rd1 Bc4 25. Bf3 b5 26. Bh5 Rb8 27. dxc5 Nxc5 28. Nf4 Red8 29. Bf3 Qe5 30. Rd4 Ne6 31. Nxe6 Qxe6 32. Rbd1 f5 33. h4 Rd7 34. h5 Ra8 35. Kg2 Ra2 36. Qc1 Ra8 37. Qb1 Qe5 38. Rf4 Rf8 39. Rdd4 Rd6 40. Qc2 Qe6 41. Qd1 Qd7 42. Kg1 Qc6 43. Be2 Bxe2 44. Qxe2 Qxc3 45. Qxb5 Qa1+ 46. Kg2 Qa8 47. Ra4 Qc8 48. Ra7 Rfd8 49. Rb7 Qe6 50. Ra4 Kh7 51. Raa7 Rg8 52. Re7 Qf6 53. Rf7 Qg5 54. Qc5 Rdd8 55. Qd4 Rdf8 56. Rfd7 Rd8 57. Rxd5 Rxd5 58. Qxd5 Qxh5 59. Rf7 Kg6 60. Qe6+ Kh7 61. Rxf5 Re8 62. Qd5 Qg6 63. Re5 Rc8 64. Re6 Rc5 65. Qd7 Qf5 66. e4 Qh5 67. Rc6 Ra5 68. Qd3 Qe5 69. Qc4 Qe8 70. Rc8 Ra4 71. Rxe8 Rxc4 72. Kf3 Ra4 73. Kf4 Kg6 74. Rd8 Ra2 75. Ke3 Ra6 76. f4 h5 77. Rd7 Ra3+ 78. Rd3 Ra6 79. Kf3 Ra1 80. f5+ Kf6 81. Rd6+ Ke7 82. Re6+ Kf7 83. Kf4 Rf1+ 84. Kg5 Rf3 85. g4 hxg4 86. Kxg4=
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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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