Challenge from georg

B28c: Sicilian: O'Kelly, 3.d4
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 c5
Clock started on 03/22/2010
2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 Nc6 4. c3 d6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. cxd4 g5 7. Nxg5 Nxd4 8. b3 Qb6 9. Nc4 Qb5 10. a4 Qd7 11. Be3 Nf5 12. Nb6 Qc6 13. exf5 Ra7 14. Nc4 f6 15. Nh3 Ra8 16. Na5 Qd7 17. Bd3 e6 18. Qh5+ Ke7 19. Rc1 exf5 20. Nc4 Bg7 21. Nb6 Qe6 22. Nxa8 Qxb3 23. Rd1 Qxa4 24. Nb6 Qc6 25. Rg1 Qxb6 26. Bc2 Qc6 27. Bb1 Kd7 28. Qxf5+ Kc7 29. Bd2 Bxf5 30. Nf4 Bxb1 31. Rxb1 Ne7 32. Ne6+ Kd7 33. Nxg7 Rg8 34. Nh5 Qe4+ 35. Kd1 Qxb1+ 36. Bc1 Qg6 37. Nf4 Nf5 38. Re1 Qf7 39. Re2 Nd4 40. Rd2 Nb3 41. Rc2 Nd4 42. Rd2 Nb3 43. Rc2 Nd4 44. Rb2 Rb8 45. Rb4 Nc6 46. Rb2 b5 47. h4 Qc4 48. Be3 Qf1+ 49. Kc2 Qxg2 50. Ra2 Qe4+ 51. Kd1 Qc4 52. Rxa6 Rg8 53. Bc1 Qf1+ 54. Kc2 Qxf2+ 55. Kc3 Na7 56. Nd5 Rg3+ 57. Kb4 Ke6 58. Ra5 Nc6+ 59. Kxb5 Rb3+ 60. Kxc6 Rc3+ 61. Nxc3 Qxh4 62. Na2 Qc4+ 63. Kb7 h5 64. Be3 Qe2 65. Bh6 h4 66. Nb4 h3 67. Rh5 Qxh5 68. Bf4 Qe2 69. Nc6 h2 70. Nd8+ Kd5 71. Bh6 h1=Q 72. Nf7 f5 73. Kc7 Qhd1 74. Nd8 Qh5 75. Bf8 Qh8 76. Bxd6 Qxd8+ 77. Kxd8 Kxd6 78. Ke8 f4 79. Kd8= f3 80. Kc8 f2 81. Kb7 f1=Q 82. Kb6 Qb3+ 83. Ka5 Qfc4
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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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