CT Class 2 #283

C62: Spanish: Old Steinitz, 4.d4 Bd7 5.Nc3
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4
Clock started on 10/22/2021
1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Ne5 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Bd8 13. Re3 c6 14. Nc3 Qe7 15. Nf5 Qf6 16. Rg3 g6 17. Nxd6 Bb6 18. Nf5 Kh8 19. Ne3 Rad8 20. Qe2 Nd7 21. Kh1 Rfe8 22. Rf3 Qg7 23. Rd1 Ne5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rg3 Bc7 26. f4 Nd7 27. Rf3 Nc5 28. e5 Qh6 29. Ng4 Qh5 30. Nf6 Qf5 31. g4 Qe6 32. f5 Qxe5 33. Qxe5 Bxe5 34. fxg6 fxg6 35. Nfe4 Nxe4 36. Nxe4 Rd7 37. c3 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Re1 39. Ng5 Kg8 40. h4 b6 41. Kf2 Rh1 42. Ne6 Bd6 43. Kg2 Rxh4 44. g5 Rh2+ 45. Kf1 h6 46. gxh6 Rxb2 47. a4 Rh2 48. Nd4 c5 49. Nb5 Be5 50. Nxa7 Kh7 51. Nc8 Ra2 52. Nxb6 Kxh6 53. Nd7 Bd6 54. Rf6 Be7 55. Re6 Bh4 56. Nxc5 Rf2+ 57. Kg1 Ra2 58. Rc6 Kh5 59. Kf1 g5 60. Rc8 Kg4 61. Rf8 Ra3 62. c4 Rc3 63. Nd7 Rc2 64. c5 Bg3 65. Nf6+ Kh3 66. Rh8+ Bh4 67. Ne4 Kg4 68. Rf8 Rc4 69. Nf6+ Kh3 70. Nd7 Rxa4 71. Rf3+ Bg3 72. Rc3 Ra2 73. c6 Rf2+ 74. Kg1 Rd2 75. Kf1 Kh2 76. Rf3 Rc2 77. Rf6 Kh3 78. Rh6+ Bh4 79. Ne5 Rf2+ 80. Kg1 Re2 81. Nf3 Kg3 82. Kf1 Rf2+ 83. Ke1 Rxf3 84. Kd2 Rf7 85. Kc3 g4 86. Rd6 Rc7 87. Kc4 Kg2 88. Kb5 Bg3 89. Rd2+ Kh3 90. Rd3 Kh4 91. Rd1 Bf4 92. Rh1+ Kg5 93. Rh8 g3 94. Rg8+ Kh4 95. Rh8+ Kg4 96. Rg8+ Kh3 97. Rh8+ Kg2 98. Rg8 Kf3 99. Kb6 g2
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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