Challenge from nammy

A00k: Van Kruijs
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e3 e6
Clock started on 09/07/2009
2. Qf3 d5 3. d3 Ne7 4. Bd2 Ng6 5. c4 Ne5 6. Qf4 f6 7. Nc3 Na6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Nc6 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. Nf3 Rb8 12. O-O Rxb2 13. Na4 Rb5 14. Rfc1 Na5 15. Ne1 Rg8 16. Nc3 Nc4 17. Nf3 Bd6 18. Be1 g5 19. Ne5 gxf4 20. Nf3 c5 21. Nxd5 fxe3 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Nc3 exf2+ 24. Bxf2 Bf4 25. Rd1 Qa5 26. Ne4 Rc6 27. Bxa7 Ne3 28. g3 Be5 29. Bxe3 Bf5 30. Nf2 Rc3 31. Re1 Rg7 32. Nh4 Be6 33. Rab1 Bxa2 34. Bd2 Bxb1 35. Rxb1 Qc5 36. Kf1 Rc2 37. Rd1 Rd7 38. Ne4 Qd4 39. Nf2 a5 40. Bxa5 Qe3 41. Ng2 Qa7 42. Nd3 Qxa5 43. Nge1 Rc6 44. Rc1 Rg7 45. Rxc6 Rd7 46. Re6+ Kd8 47. h4 Bxg3 48. Rxf6 Qa3 49. Rf3 Bh2 50. Rf2 Bd6 51. h5 Bb4 52. Nxb4 Qxb4 53. Nf3 Rd5 54. Rh2 Rd1+ 55. Kg2 Qd2+ 56. Nxd2 Rxd2+ 57. Kg1 Rd1+ 58. Kg2 Rd2+ 59. Kh3 Rd3+ 60. Kg4 Rd4+ 61. Kg5 Rd5+ 62. Kh6 Rd6+ 63. Kxh7 Rd7+ 64. Kh6 Rd6+ 65. Kg5 Rd5+ 66. Kf6 Rd2 67. h6 Rxh2 68. h7 Rxh7
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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