CT Class 3 #31

C00w: French: 2.d4
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e6
Clock started on 07/03/2008
2. d4 Qh4 3. Nc3 Qf6 4. e5 Qe7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O c6 8. Be3 f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. f4 Ne7 12. Rf3 g6 13. Bf2 Nf5 14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. Qe1 Qg7 16. Rg3 Qh6 17. Be3 Na6 18. Rh3 Qg7 19. a3 Rg8 20. Rg3 Qf8 21. Rxg8 Qxg8 22. Qh4 Be7 23. Qh5+ Kd8 24. Nf7+ Kc7 25. Ne5 Bf6 26. Qf7+ Qxf7 27. Nxf7 Bd7 28. Rf1 Be8 29. Ne5 Bh5 30. Kf2 Rd8 31. h3 Bh4+ 32. g3 Bf6 33. Rg1 Be8 34. g4 fxg4 35. hxg4 h5 36. g5 Bg7 37. Rh1 b5 38. Ne2 b4 39. a4 Kb6 40. b3 Nb8 41. Ng3 Nd7 42. Nxh5 Bf8 43. Nxd7+ Bxd7 44. Nf6 Bc8 45. g6 Bg7 46. Ng4 Rg8 47. Kg2 Ba6 48. Nh6 Rh8 49. Nf7 Rxh1 50. Kxh1 Be2 51. Nd8 Bg4 52. Bd2 a5 53. Be3 Bf5 54. Kg2 Bxg6 55. Nxe6 Bf6 56. Nc5 Bxc2 57. Nd7+ Kc7 58. Nxf6 Bxb3 59. Ng4 Bxa4 60. f5 Bc2 61. f6 Bg6 62. Ne5 Be8 63. f7 Bxf7 64. Nxf7 b3 65. Bc1 Kb6 66. Ba3 Kb5 67. Kf3 Kc4 68. Ke3 Kc3 69. Ne5 b2 70. Bxb2+ Kxb2 71. Nxc6 a4 72. Kd3 a3 73. Nb4 Kb3 74. Nc2 a2 75. Kd2 Kc4 76. Kc1 Kb3 77. Kd2 Kc4 78. Kc1 Kb3 79. Na1+ Kc3 80. Kd1 Kxd4 81. Kd2 Kc4 82. Kc2= d4 83. Kb2 d3 84. Kc1 Kc3
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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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