Challenge from Teribus

C20: Open Game: Napoleon's Opening
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 10/23/2009
2. Qf3 f6 3. c3 h5 4. d4 Qe7 5. dxe5 Qxe5 6. Bf4 Qc5 7. e5 fxe5 8. Be3 Qd6 9. g4 h4 10. Nd2 a5 11. a4 Nf6 12. g5 Nh5 13. Ne4 Qd5 14. c4 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Rf8 16. cxd5 Rxf3 17. Nxf3 d6 18. Nxh4 Bg4 19. Rg1 Bf3 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. Nxf3 Bxd2+ 22. Nfxd2 Nf4 23. Rg4 Nxd3+ 24. Ke2 N7c5 25. Nc3 Nf4+ 26. Kf3 O-O-O 27. Rb1 Rf8 28. h4 Nh5+ 29. Kg2 Nd3 30. b4 Rxf2+ 31. Kg1 Rxd2 32. Rc1 Nxc1 33. bxa5 Ne2+ 34. Nxe2 Rxe2 35. Kf1 Re3 36. Rb4 Ng3+ 37. Kf2 Nf5 38. g6 Rh3 39. a6 Rh2+ 40. Kg1 Rxh4 41. Rxb7 Rg4+ 42. Kf2 Rf4+ 43. Ke2 Rxa4 44. Ra7 Nd4+ 45. Ke3 Nf5+ 46. Kd2 Nd4 47. Ra8+ Kd7 48. Rg8 Nf5 49. a7 Rxa7 50. Rf8 Ra2+ 51. Kc3 Ra5 52. Rxf5 Rxd5 53. Rf7+ Ke6 54. Rxg7 Rc5+ 55. Kb4 e4 56. Rh7 e3 57. g7 Rg5 58. Rh6+ Ke5 59. Kc3 Rxg7 60. Rh5+ Kf6 61. Rh1 e2 62. Kd2 Re7 63. Ke1 d5 64. Rh2 d4 65. Rxe2 d3 66. Rxe7 Kxe7 67. Kd2 Kd6 68. Kxd3 c5 69. Kc4 Kc6 70. Kc3 Kb5 71. Kb3 c4+ 72. Kc3 Kc5 73. Kc2 Kd4 74. Kd2 c3+ 75. Kc2 Kc4 76. Kc1 Kd3 77. Kd1 c2+ 78. Kc1 Kc3
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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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