Challenge from nammy

B02b: Alekhine: Maroczy Variation
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 Nf6
Clock started on 04/06/2010
2. d3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bh3 Bd6 6. O-O e5 7. c4 a6 8. Nc3 b5 9. b3 Nh5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Be7 12. g4 Ra5 13. Nc3 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Ba6 15. Bh6 Rc5 16. Qc1 Bxd3 17. Rd1 Ba6 18. g5 f6 19. Qe3 Nb4 20. a3 c6 21. axb4 Rc4 22. bxc4 Bxc4 23. Ra6 Bxa6 24. b5 cxb5 25. Nd5 Bd6 26. Qa7 Bc8 27. Nxf6+ Kf7 28. Ng4 Qe7 29. Qe3 b4 30. Qb3+ Ke8 31. Ne3 Qd8 32. Qd5 Bb8 33. Qxe5+ Kf7 34. Rb1 Ba7 35. Rxb4 d6 36. Qe6+ Bxe6 37. Rb7+ Ke8 38. Bxe6 Bc5 39. Nc4 Qa8 40. Rb1 Kd8 41. Nxd6 Re8 42. Nf7+ Kc7 43. Bd5 Qa3 44. N3e5 Bd4 45. Rb7+ Kc8 46. Rb3 Qa1+ 47. Kg2 Kc7 48. Rb7+ Kc8 49. h4 Qa2 50. Bc6 Re7 51. Kg3 Re6 52. Kg4 Qe2+ 53. Nf3 Bxf2 54. Bd7+ Kxb7 55. Bxe6 Qxe4+ 56. Kh3 Qxf3+ 57. Kh2 Bxh4 58. Nd6+ Kc6 59. Ne8 Qg2+ 60. Kxg2 Kc5 61. Nf6 Kb4 62. Bg8 Kc3 63. Bxh7 Kd2 64. Bxg6 Ke1 65. Bd3 Kd2 66. Bb5 Be1 67. g6+ Kc2 68. Nd5 Kd1 69. Nc3+ Bxc3 70. Ba4+ Ke1 71. Be8 Ke2 72. Kg3 Be5+ 73. Kg4 Kf2 74. Kf5 Bg3 75. g7 Kf1 76. g8=Q Ke2 77. Qxg3 Kf1 78. Bb5#
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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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