Challenge from Number34

E14l: Queen's Indian: 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. d4 Nf6
Clock started on 12/28/2009
2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. a3 d5 9. b3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Na5 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. f4 c5 13. d5 Bf6 14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. dxe6 Re7 16. Bd2 Nf8 17. Qc2 Rxe6 18. Rad1 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Qe8 20. e4 Bxe4 21. f5 Re7 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Qd3 Re3 24. Qd5+ Qf7 25. Qxa8 Rxc3 26. Rfe1 Nb3 27. Re8 Rc1 28. Rxc1 Nxc1 29. Qe4 Nb3 30. Re7 Nd2 31. Qd5 Qxd5 32. cxd5 Nc4 33. Rxa7 h5 34. Rb7 Nh7 35. d6 Nxd6 36. Rxb6 Nc4 37. Rb3 Nf6 38. Rc3 Nb2 39. Rxc5 Kh7 40. Rb5 Na4 41. Rb4 Nc5 42. a4 Ne8 43. a5 Nc7 44. Rb6 Kg8 45. Rc6 N7a6 46. Kf1 Kf7 47. Ke2 Ke7 48. Ke3 Kd7 49. Rb6 Nc7 50. Rg6 Ke7 51. Rxg7+ Kd6 52. Kf3 Nd7 53. Kg3 Ne8 54. Rg6+ Nef6 55. Kf4 Kc7 56. Kg5 Ng4 57. a6 Nge5 58. Kxh5 Nd3 59. g4 Nf4+ 60. Kh6
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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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