CT Class 1 #184

C50p: Giuoco Pianissimo: 4.d3 Nf6 5.O-O
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4
Clock started on 07/22/2022
1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 a6 7. h3 d6 8. c3 Ba7 9. a4 h6 10. b4 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. d4 c6 13. Bf1 Re8 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Bb2 Nh7 16. c4 Ng5 17. c5 dxc5 18. bxc5 exd4 19. Rac1 Be6 20. Nxd4 Rad8 21. Re3 Qc7 22. N2f3 Bb8 23. g3 Nxh3+ 24. Kg2 Bg4 25. e5 Nxe5 26. Rce1 Rd5 27. Nh2 Qd7 28. Nxg4 Qxg4 29. Re4 Qd7 30. Nf3 Ng5 31. Nxg5 hxg5 32. Bc4 Rd2 33. Qc3 Kf8 34. Rxe5 Bxe5 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Qxe5 f6 37. Qc3 g4 38. Qc1 Rd1 39. Qf4 Qd2 40. Qxg4 Qe1 41. Qh4 Ke7 42. Bd4 Rb1 43. Qh7 Qg1+ 44. Kf3 Qd1+ 45. Be2 Qh1+ 46. Qxh1 Rxh1 47. Ke3 g6 48. Bd3 f5 49. Kd2 Ke6 50. Bc4+ Ke7 51. Kc3 Rd1 52. Be5 Rc1+ 53. Kb4 g5 54. Bd4 Rb1+ 55. Ka5 g4 56. Bg7 Rc1 57. Kb4 a5+ 58. Kb3 Rb1+ 59. Kc2 Rg1 60. Kd2 Rb1 61. Bc3 Rh1 62. Bxa5 Kd7 63. Bd3 Ke6 64. Bc3 Kd5 65. Bxf5 Kxc5 66. Bxg4 Rh6 67. a5 Rd6+ 68. Ke3 Rd8 69. f4 Rg8 70. Kf3 Rd8 71. Bf5 Ra8 72. g4 Kc4 73. Be5 Kd5 74. g5 Rxa5 75. g6 Ra3+ 76. Kg4 Ra8 77. g7 c5 78. Bh7 Re8 79. g8=Q+ Rxg8+ 80. Bxg8+ Ke4 81. Bg7 Kd3 82. f5 c4 83. f6 c3 84. Bh6 Ke4 85. f7
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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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