Topalovs Defenses Pt. 1

B90p: Sicilian: Najdorf, 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2 Nbd7
'Fast' (10 days + 1 day/move, max 30 days)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
Clock started on 01/30/2007
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Nd5 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bxh6 Qxd2+ 16. Bxd2 c4 17. Be3 O-O 18. Be2 Kg7 19. a3 Rfb8 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Rc8 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Rc5 24. h4 a5 25. Rhd1 b4 26. a4 Re8 27. Rb6 Bxg4 28. Bxg4 Rxe4 29. Rg1 Rf4 30. Bd7+ Kf8 31. c3 bxc3 32. bxc3 Rd5 33. Bb5 Rd3 34. Rg2 Rxc3+ 35. Rc2 Rf1+ 36. Kb2 Rb3+ 37. Ka2 Rff3 38. Rxc4 Rbe3 39. Rbc6 f5 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Kb2 Rf2+ 42. Rc2 Rf4 43. R8c4 Ree4 44. Rxe4 fxe4 45. h5 e3 46. Kb3 Rh4 47. Be2 Rh2 48. Kc4 f5 49. Kd3 f4 50. Ke4 Rf2 51. Kd3 Kh6 52. Rc5 f3 53. Kxe3 Rxe2+ 54. Kxf3 Rb2 55. Rxa5 Rb4 56. Ke3 Rc4 57. Kd3 Rh4 58. Kc3 Kg7 59. Kb3 Kf7 60. Rc5 Ke7 61. a5 Kd6 62. Rg5 Kc6 63. Kc3 Kb7 64. Kd3 Ka7 65. Ke3 Ka6 66. Kf3 Rh1 67. Kg4 Rg1+ 68. Kf5 Rc1 69. Kg6 Rc6+ 70. Kh7 Rc7+ 71. Rg7 Rc5 72. h6 Kxa5 73. Kg8 Rc8+ 74. Kf7 Rc7+ 75. Ke8 Rc8+ 76. Kd7 Ra8 77. Rg5+ Kb6 78. Rh5 Ra7+ 79. Kd6 Rc7 80. h7 Rc6+ 81. Kd7
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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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