Challenge from Janet

C40a: Open Game
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4
Clock started on 12/01/2008
1... e5 2. Nf3 Bb4 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Be6 5. Ne3 d5 6. c3 Bc5 7. exd5 Bxd5 8. d4 Be4 9. dxc5 Nf6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. f3 Bd5 12. c4 Re8 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14. cxd5 Nxc5 15. b3 a5 16. Nf5 Rxe2+ 17. Bxe2 Qxd5 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rf1 Nf4 21. Ba3 b6 22. b4 Re8 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. h3 h5 25. Bxc5 Nxe2 26. Rf2 Ng3+ 27. Kd1 Re5 28. Rb1 Rxc5 29. Nb3 Rd5+ 30. Rd2 Rg5 31. Nxa5 Nf1 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rd7 Rc5 34. Nb7 Ne3+ 35. Kd2 Rc2+ 36. Kxe3 Rxg2 37. Rxc7 Rxa2 38. Rxf7 Rh2 39. Rb6 Rxh3 40. Rbf6 h4 41. Rf8 gxf6 42. Rxf6 Rh2 43. Rf5 Rb2 44. Nd8 h3 45. Rh5+ Kg8 46. Rg5+ Kf8 47. Ne6+ Ke7 48. Ng7 h2 49. Rh5 Kd7 50. Rd5+ Kc7 51. Ne6+ Kb6 52. Rd1 Rb3+ 53. Kf4 Rb4+ 54. Ke5 Rb5+ 55. Kf6 Rb3 56. Rh1 Rb2 57. Ke7 Kc6 58. Nd8+ Kc5 59. Ne6+ Kd5 60. Nf4+ Kd4 61. Ne6+ Ke3 62. f4 Rf2 63. Ng5 Kxf4 64. Nh3+ Kf3 65. Nxf2 Kxf2 66. Rxh2+ Kg1 67. Rh7 Kg2 68. Rg7+ Kh2 69. Rh7+ Kg3 70. Kf6 Kf3 71. Rh1 Kf4 72. Rf1+ Ke4 73. Ke6 Kd4 74. Rd1+ Kc5 75. Kd7 Kb5 76. Rd5+ Ka4 77. Rd3 Kb5 78. Rb3+ Kc4 79. Rb2 Kc3 80. Rb1 Kc2 81. Rf1 Kc3 82. Rc1+ Kb4 83. Rb1+ Ka3 84. Ra1+ Kb2 85. Rd1 Ka2 86. Ke6 Ka3 87. Ra1+ Kb4 88. Kd5 Kb5 89. Rb1+ Ka6 90. Ra1+ Kb7 91. Kc5 Kc7 92. Ra8 Kd7 93. Kd5
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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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