Challenge from jonahrobot

C00a: French: Bird Variation
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e6
Clock started on 04/29/2009
2. Bb5 Nf6 3. e5 Ne4 4. f3 Ng5 5. Qe2 a6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. f4 h6 8. h4 d5 9. hxg5 Rg8 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Ba4 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. gxh6 Nd7 14. h7 Nc5 15. hxg8=Q+ Kd7 16. Qgg4 Nxa4 17. Rh7 Nc5 18. Qgxe6+ Kc7 19. Qh3 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Kb6 21. h4 Bd6 22. h5 Bxf4 23. h6 Qg8 24. Rh8 Qxh8 25. Qh5 Bxh6 26. Nf3 Ne4 27. Na3 Ng3 28. Kf2 Nxh5 29. d4 f5 30. Bd2 Re8 31. Re1 Nf6 32. Bxh6 Qxh6 33. Rxe8 Nxe8 34. Ne5 Qh2+ 35. Ke3 Nd6 36. Nf3 Qg1+ 37. Nxg1 a5 38. b3 Nf7 39. Nh3 Kc7 40. Nf4 b6 41. Ne6+ Kd7 42. Nf8+ Ke7 43. Ng6+ Ke6 44. Nf4+ Kd7 45. Kf3 Ng5+ 46. Kg3 Ne4+ 47. Kg2 Nc3 48. Ng6 Kd6 49. Nf8 Nxa2 50. Nh7 c5 51. Nf8 f4 52. Kh3 f3 53. Kh2 f2 54. Kg2 f1=Q+ 55. Kxf1 Nc3 56. Ke1 Ke7 57. Ng6+ Kf6 58. Nf4 Ne4 59. Nxd5+ Kg5 60. Nxb6 Kh4 61. dxc5 Nxc5 62. Nbc4 Kg3 63. Nxa5 Ne4 64. c4 Nc3 65. c5 Ne4 66. c6 Nd6 67. c7 Kf4 68. N3c4 Ne4 69. c8=Q Kf3 70. Qf8+ Kg2 71. Qg8+ Kf3 72. Qd5 Kg2 73. Qxe4+ Kg3 74. Qe5+ Kg2 75. Qe3 Kh1 76. Qe2 Kg1 77. Qf1+ Kh2 78. Ne3 Kg3 79. Ke2 Kh4 80. Nf5+ Kg4 81. Ke3 Kg5 82. Ke4 Kg4 83. Ne3+ Kh4 84. Qf4+ Kh5 85. Kf5
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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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