Do It Again

A25: English: Closed
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. c4 Nc6
Clock started on 12/18/2009
2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 e5 4. d4 d6 5. Nd5 Be6 6. Qb3 b6 7. Qb5 Qd7 8. Nf3 a6 9. Qa4 Nxd4 10. Qxd7+ Bxd7 11. Nxc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 Nc2+ 13. Kd1 Nxa1 14. Bd3 Kc8 15. b4 Kb7 16. Nxb6 Kxb6 17. c5+ Kb7 18. Bb2 Nd5 19. Bxa1 Nxb4 20. Be4+ Bc6 21. Bf5 Nxa2 22. cxd6 Bxd6 23. Ke2 Bb5+ 24. Kd1 Bb4 25. Be4+ Kb8 26. Bxe5+ Kc8 27. Kc2 Be7 28. Nd4 Nb4+ 29. Kb3 Kd7 30. Rc1 Ra8 31. Bxa8 Nd3 32. Rc7+ Kd8 33. Bg3 Bd7 34. Nc6+ Ke8 35. Nb8 Nc5+ 36. Kc4 Be6+ 37. Bd5 Na4 38. Bxe6 fxe6 39. Nc6 Bf6 40. Ra7 Nb2+ 41. Kb3 h5 42. Rxa6 Kd7 43. e4 Nd3 44. Nb8+ Ke7 45. Ra7+ Kd8 46. Bc7+ Ke8 47. f4 Nxf4 48. e5 Bg5 49. g3 Ne2 50. h4 Be3 51. Bd6 Bxa7 52. Nc6 Bf2 53. Kc2 Bxg3 54. Kd3 Nf4+ 55. Ke4 Ng6 56. Nd4 Kd7 57. Kf3 Bxh4 58. Kg2 Be1 59. Nf3 Bc3 60. Kh3 Kc6 61. Nh4 Nxe5 62. Bf8 g5 63. Ng2 Nf3 64. Bh6 Be5 65. Bxg5 Nxg5+ 66. Kh4 Nf7 67. Kxh5 Bd4 68. Nf4 e5 69. Ne2 Kd5 70. Kg4 Ke4 71. Nxd4 Kxd4 72. Kf5 e4 73. Kf6 Nd6 74. Ke6 Nc4 75. Kf5 e3 76. Kf4 Kd3 77. Kf3 Kd2 78. Ke4 e2 79. Kf3 e1=Q 80. Kg4 Qf2 81. Kg5 Ne5 82. Kh5 Qg3 83. Kh6 Qg6#
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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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