Friendly and Fishy

D38e: QGD: Ragozin, 5.cxd5
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. d4
Clock started on 03/20/2017
1... d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 O-O 7. e4 Nf6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3 h6 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Qe4 Rb8 15. Bc2 Nxc3 16. Qd3 Ne4+ 17. Kf1 c5 18. a3 c4 19. Qe2 Ba5 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rd1 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qe7 23. g3 Bb6 24. g4 c3 25. bxc3 Qxa3 26. Rg1 Qb3 27. Be3 Rbc8 28. Rd3 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Qxc3 30. g5 Bxd4 31. gxh6 Qd3+ 32. Ke1 Bxe5 33. Qc6 Qb1+ 34. Bc1 Qb4+ 35. Kf1 Nc5 36. Be3 Qc4+ 37. Kg2 Qg4+ 38. Kh1 Qh3 39. Qg2 Qxg2+ 40. Rxg2 g6 41. Rg4 Nd3 42. Rh4 Bf6 43. h7+ Kh8 44. Rh3 Rc8 45. Kg2 g5 46. f3 Rc2+ 47. Kg3 Re2 48. Bb6 Nf4 49. Kg4 Rg2+ 50. Rg3 Rxh2 51. Rg1 Rh4+ 52. Kg3 Be5 53. Bd8 Ne2+ 54. Kf2 Nxg1 55. Kxg1 Kxh7 56. Kg2 Rh2+ 57. Kg1 Bg3 58. Bxg5 b4 59. Kf1 b3 60. Bf6 Rf2+ 61. Kg1 b2
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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