Challenge from pedaller

A00k: Van Kruijs
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e3 d5
Clock started on 03/25/2009
2. Qf3 Na6 3. d3 e6 4. e4 c6 5. exd5 exd5 6. c4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qe7+ 8. Be2 Be6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. a3 Bc5 11. Nc3 h5 12. Nh3 Nh6 13. d4 Bxd4 14. Na4 Nc5 15. Bf4 Nxa4 16. b3 Nc5 17. b4 Na4 18. Bb5+ Kd8 19. Bxa4 Bxa1 20. Ng5 f6 21. Ke2 fxg5 22. Be5 g4 23. Qd3 Bb2 24. Bxb2 Qd6 25. Bxg7 Rg8 26. Bxh6 Qe5+ 27. Kf1 Qa1+ 28. Bd1 Rh8 29. Be3 Rh7 30. Bd2 Qxd1+ 31. Be1 Qxd3+ 32. Kg1 Rc8 33. h3 Rc1 34. Kh2 Rf7 35. hxg4 Bxg4 36. f3 Bxf3 37. gxf3 Rxf3 38. Bh4+ Ke8 39. Rxc1 Qe2+ 40. Kg1 Qe3+ 41. Kg2 Rf4 42. Bg5 Qxc1 43. Kg3 Re4 44. Bxc1 Re1 45. Bf4 Rg1+ 46. Kh2 Rg4 47. Be3 a6 48. Kh3 Re4 49. Bc5 Re2 50. Kh4 Re4+ 51. Kxh5 Re5+ 52. Kg4 Re4+ 53. Kf5 Rh4 54. Ke5 Rh5+ 55. Kd4 Rh4+ 56. Kxd5 Rh5+ 57. Kc4 Rh4+ 58. Kd3 Rh3+ 59. Kd4 Rxa3 60. Kd5 Rd3+ 61. Bd4 Kd8 62. Ke4 Rb3 63. Bc5 Rh3 64. Bf2 Rh2 65. Bg3 Re2+ 66. Kd5 Rd2+ 67. Kc5 Rc2+ 68. Kd4 Rd2+ 69. Kc4 Rc2+ 70. Kb3 Rg2 71. Bh4+ Ke8 72. Kc3 Rh2 73. Bg5 Rh3+ 74. Kd4 Rb3 75. Bd2 Kd7 76. Kd5 Rd3+ 77. Kc4 Rxd2 78. b5 a5 79. Kb3 Rd3+ 80. Ka4 Rd4+ 81. Kxa5 Kd6 82. Kb6 Rb4 83. Ka5 Rb2 84. Kb6 Kd7 85. Ka5 Ra2+ 86. Kb6 Kd6 87. Kxb7 Rc2 88. b6 Kd7 89. Ka7 Ra2+ 90. Kb7 Kd8 91. Kc6 Rc2+ 92. Kb7 Ke7 93. Ka7 Rc7+ 94. bxc7 Ke8 95. c8=Q+ Ke7 96. Qc6 Kf7 97. Kb7 Ke7 98. Kc7 Kf8 99. Qe6 Kg7 100. Kd7 Kh7 101. Ke7 Kg7 102. Qf6+ Kg8 103. Qe6+ Kg7 104. Qg4+ Kh7 105. Kf6 Kh6 106. Qg5+ Kh7 107. Qg7#
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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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