CT Class 5 #02

C41a: Philidor Defence
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 01/28/2013
2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Bg5 f6 5. Bh4 g5 6. Nc3 gxh4 7. Nxh4 Nd4 8. Qd2 Nh6 9. Nd5 Be6 10. Nxf6+ Kf7 11. Nh5 Ke8 12. c3 Nc6 13. b4 Qd7 14. Ng6 hxg6 15. Nf6+ Ke7 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. d4 Bg7 18. a4 Raf8 19. a5 Ng4 20. f3 Nf6 21. Qg5 Bh6 22. Qxg6 Ne8 23. Qg3 b6 24. axb6 axb6 25. Rd1 Kc8 26. Bb5 Na7 27. Bd3 Bb3 28. Rb1 Ba2 29. Ra1 Bb3 30. Rb1 Ba2 31. Ra1 Bb3 32. Rb1 Bf7 33. dxe5 Rhg8 34. Qh3+ Kb7 35. Ra1 Bg7 36. Ba6+ Kc6 37. O-O Bxe5 38. Bd3 Bxc3 39. Rab1 Bd4+ 40. Kh1 b5 41. Rbd1 Rh8 42. Qg3 Be5 43. Qf2 Bxh2 44. g4 Bf4+ 45. Kg1 Rfg8 46. Qxa7 Rg7 47. Qd4 Kd7 48. Kf2 Rgh7 49. Bxb5+ Kc8 50. Bd3 Rh2+ 51. Ke1 Bg3+ 52. Rf2 Rh1+ 53. Ke2 R1h7 54. f4 Ng7 55. f5 Kd7 56. g5 Bb3 57. Rb1 Ra8 58. Bb5+ Kc8 59. Kf3 Nh5 60. Rxb3 Rb8 61. Bc4 Kd7 62. Rg2 Bh4 63. Rh2 Ng7 64. Kg4 Rbh8 65. f6 Ne6 66. Qa7 Nxg5 67. Qe3 c6 68. e5 Nf7 69. Bd3 Nxe5+ 70. Kf4 Bxf6 71. Kf5 Ke7 72. b5 Rh5+ 73. Ke4 Rxh2 74. Bf1 R2h4+ 75. Kf5 Kf7 76. Qa7+ Be7 77. Qa6 R8h5#
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 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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