Challenge from georg

A41a: Neo-Old Indian
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. d4 d6
Clock started on 02/27/2010
2. h3 Nc6 3. g4 e6 4. e4 Nf6 5. c3 Nxe4 6. Bg2 Ng5 7. Bxg5 Qxg5 8. Nf3 Qg6 9. Nh4 Qh6 10. Nd2 Qxh4 11. O-O f5 12. Nf3 Qh6 13. h4 fxg4 14. Ng5 Qxh4 15. Nf3 Qh5 16. Bh3 gxh3 17. Qe1 Qxf3 18. Qd2 Qh1+ 19. Kxh1 Kd8 20. Qf4 g6 21. Qg3 e5 22. Qg5+ Ke8 23. Qg3 exd4 24. Qxh3 Bxh3 25. Rfe1+ Kf7 26. cxd4 Nxd4 27. Re3 Bh6 28. Rxh3 Bf4 29. Rd1 Nb5 30. Re1 Bd2 31. Re2 Bg5 32. Rg3 Bf4 33. Rg4 Bc1 34. Rc2 Bh6 35. Rb4 Nd4 36. Rxd4 Rae8 37. Ra4 a6 38. Rxc7+ Ke6 39. Rxb7 Ra8 40. Re4+ Kf5 41. Rf7+ Kxe4 42. Rd7 d5 43. Re7+ Kd4 44. a4 Kc4 45. Rc7+ Kd3 46. Rc5 Raf8 47. Rxd5+ Ke2 48. Rd6 Rxf2 49. Rxa6 Rf1+ 50. Kh2 Bf4+ 51. Kh3 Rh1+ 52. Kg4 Be5 53. Re6 Rc8 54. Rxe5+ Kf1 55. Re7 Rc4+ 56. Kf3 Rxa4 57. b3 Ra3 58. Kf4 Rxb3 59. Rg7 Rh4+ 60. Ke5 Rb5+ 61. Ke6 g5 62. Rf7+ Ke1 63. Rf8 Re4+ 64. Kd7 h5 65. Rh8 h4 66. Rc8 h3 67. Rh8 g4 68. Kd8 Rb8+ 69. Kd7 Rxh8 70. Kc6 Rc8+ 71. Kd5 Ra4 72. Ke5 h2 73. Kf5 g3 74. Kg5 h1=Q 75. Kf5 Qh5+ 76. Kf6 Ra6+ 77. Ke7 Rc7+ 78. Kf8 Qh8#
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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