Challenge from nammy

C00a: French
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e6
Clock started on 03/06/2010
2. Qf3 f6 3. Bc4 e5 4. Bxg8 Rxg8 5. Nh3 Nc6 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qxh7 Rg7 8. Qh8 Rf7 9. O-O Qe7 10. b4 Nxb4 11. Ba3 Nxc2 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Nc3 Ke6 14. Qh6 Bxh6 15. Rac1 Nb4 16. Na4 c6 17. Nc5+ Ke7 18. a3 d6 19. Nb3 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Rc7+ Ke6 22. Rc4 Na6 23. Rh4 Bg5 24. Rg4 Bh6 25. Rxg6 Bf8 26. f3 Bxa3 27. Nf2 Bd7 28. Ra1 Bb4 29. Rg4 Bd6 30. Nd3 f5 31. Rg6+ Ke7 32. Ra5 Nb8 33. Rxd5 Bc7 34. Nbc5 Bc6 35. Re6+ Kf8 36. Rdxe5 Rg7 37. Rxf5+ Kg8 38. Re2 b6 39. Nb4 Bb5 40. d3 Bd6 41. Nba6 Bxa6 42. Nxa6 Nxa6 43. h4 Bc5+ 44. Kh2 Bd6+ 45. f4 Rc8 46. Rf6 Rg4 47. h5 Bxf4+ 48. Kh3 Rg7 49. h6 Rh7 50. Rxf4 Rxh6+ 51. Kg3 Rc3 52. Ra4 Nc5 53. Rc4 Rxd3+ 54. Kf2 Rf6+ 55. Ke1 Ra3 56. Rg4+ Kf8 57. Rd4 Ra1+ 58. Kd2 Nb3+ 59. Kc3 Nc1 60. Re1 Rc6+ 61. Kd2 Nb3+ 62. Ke2 Ra2+ 63. Ke3 Re6+ 64. Re4 Nc5 65. Kd4 Nxe4 66. Rxe4 Rd6+ 67. Ke5 Rd8 68. g3 Rd7 69. g4 Re7+ 70. Kd5 Rd7+ 71. Kc6 Rd8 72. g5 Rc8+ 73. Kb7 Rd8 74. Rg4 a5 75. Kxb6 a4 76. g6 Ke7 77. g7 Rg8 78. Re4+ Kd8 79. Rg4 Rd2 80. Rg3 Rd7 81. Kc6 Rdxg7 82. Rxg7 Rxg7 83. Kb5 a3 84. Kc6 a2 85. Kd6 a1=Q 86. Ke6 Qa6+ 87. Kf5 Qb5+ 88. Kf6 Rh7 89. Kg6 Rh3 90. Kf7 Qf5+ 91. Kg8 Qe6+ 92. Kg7 Rg3+ 93. Kf8 Rg6
Draw

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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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