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D02h: Queen's Pawn: 2.Nf3 e6
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. Nf3 d5
Clock started on 10/27/2007
2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nb4 9. Bb1 c5 10. a3 Nc6 11. h4 cxd4 12. Nb5 e5 13. h5 Bg4 14. h6 g6 15. b4 a6 16. Qa4 axb5 17. Qxb5 Qc7 18. c5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Na7 20. Qd3 Nc6 21. Bd2 Rfe8 22. Ba2 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Bf8 24. O-O-O Nd8 25. Rde1 Ne6 26. f4 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Reg1 Re7 29. Qxd4 Qe5 30. Qc4 Qf5 31. f3 Rxa3 32. Be4 Qf6 33. Kc2 Qe6 34. Bd5 Qf5+ 35. Kb2 Rae3 36. Rh2 Qd3 37. Qb3 Re2+ 38. Ka3 Qxb3+ 39. Kxb3 Rxh2 40. Rg4 Bxh6 41. Kc4 Kf8 42. Kb5 Rb2 43. Rh4 Kg7 44. Ka5 Rd7 45. Be4 f5 46. c6 bxc6 47. Bxc6 Rd8 48. b5 Rb8 49. Rh1 Bg5 50. Rd1 Bd8+ 51. Ka4 h5 52. Rd7+ Kh6 53. Ka3 R2xb5 54. Bxb5 Rxb5 55. Rxd8 Rb7 56. Rd1 h4 57. Rd4 g5 58. Rd6+ Kh5 59. Rd8 Rb6 60. Rf8 h3 61. Rh8+ Rh6 62. Rxh6+ Kxh6 63. Kb4 h2 64. Kc4 h1=Q 65. Kd4 Qe1 66. Kd3 Kg6 67. Kd4 Kf6 68. Kd3 g4 69. fxg4 fxg4 70. Kd4 g3 71. Kd3 g2 72. Kd4 g1=Q+
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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