Challenge from pedaller

A00k: Van Kruijs
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e3 f5
Clock started on 11/03/2008
2. Bc4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 Nc6 5. exf5 Na5 6. a4 Nxc4 7. fxg6 hxg6 8. Nh3 Nb6 9. Nf4 g5 10. Nh3 Nd5 11. Ra3 Ngf6 12. Nxg5 Rg8 13. Ne4 Nh5 14. g4 Nhf4 15. Nbc3 a6 16. h4 b5 17. axb5 Ng2+ 18. Kf1 c6 19. Kxg2 Rb8 20. h5 cxb5 21. Ng5 Rxg5 22. h6 b4 23. Ne4 Bxh6 24. Rxh6 Nf4+ 25. Kf2 Re5 26. d4 Rd5 27. g5 bxa3 28. bxa3 Rbb5 29. g6 e5 30. dxe5 Rxd1 31. Bxf4 Rb2 32. Kg3 Rg1+ 33. Kf2 Rxc2+ 34. Ke3 Ra2 35. Nc3 Rxa3 36. Kd3 Rd1+ 37. Kc2 Ra2+ 38. Nxa2 Ra1 39. Nc3 Ke7 40. g7 Bb7 41. Rg6 Qe8 42. g8=Q Qxg8 43. Rxg8 Ra2+ 44. Nxa2 Bxf3 45. Kd2 Bd5 46. Rg3 Bxa2 47. Rg7+ Kd8 48. Bg5+ Kc7 49. Kc2 Bd5 50. Rg6 Be4+ 51. Kd2 Bxg6 52. Kc3 d5 53. e6 Be8 54. e7 a5 55. Kb2 d4 56. Kb3 d3 57. Kc3 d2 58. Kxd2 a4 59. Kc2 a3 60. Kb1 Kb6 61. Ka1 Kc5 62. Ka2 Kb4 63. Bh4 Kc3 64. Kxa3 Kc4 65. Bg5 Kb5 66. Bf6 Ka5 67. Bc3+ Kb5 68. Bb2 Kc4 69. Bf6 Kd3 70. Kb4 Kd2 71. Ka5 Ke3 72. Kb6 Kf4 73. Kc7 Ke4 74. Kd8 Bf7 75. Bg7 Kf5 76. Kd7 Kg6 77. Bf8 Kh7 78. e8=Q Bxe8+ 79. Kxe8
Draw

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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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