Challenge from georg

C10c: French: 3.Nc3 Nc6
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e6
Clock started on 08/14/2010
2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bf4 h6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Qf3 g5 7. Nxd5 Bd6 8. Bxd6 cxd6 9. Qe2+ Kf8 10. Qd2 f6 11. Nf3 Be6 12. O-O-O Bxd5 13. b3 f5 14. c4 Bf7 15. Bd3 g4 16. Nh4 Nxd4 17. Rhe1 Qc7 18. Nxf5 Nc6 19. h3 h5 20. hxg4 hxg4 21. Be4 Ne5 22. Kb1 Rh2 23. Rc1 Ng6 24. Ng3 Rb8 25. f4 Nf6 26. Nf1 Re8 27. Nxh2 Qc5 28. Qd5 Qc7 29. Qd3 Nxf4 30. Qg3 Ne6 31. c5 Qc6 32. Bxc6 bxc6 33. Nxg4 Nh5 34. Qxd6+ Kg8 35. Qxc6 Nhf4 36. Ne5 Rf8 37. Nd3 Nxg2 38. Qxg2+ Kh7 39. Qh2+ Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kg6 41. Rg1+ Kh7 42. Rh1+ Kg6 43. Qg3+ Kf6 44. Rh6+ Kf5 45. Rf1+ Ke4 46. Re1+ Kd5 47. Rh5+ Bxh5 48. Qh4 Bg6 49. c6 Kxc6 50. Qh6 Bxd3+ 51. Kb2 Re8 52. Qd2 Bf5 53. Qh6 Kd5 54. Rd1+ Kc6 55. Qc1+ Kb6 56. Qh6 Kb5 57. Qe3 Kc6 58. Qxa7 Bg4 59. Qa6+ Kc7 60. Qc4+ Kb7 61. Qxg4 Nc5 62. b4 Na4+ 63. Ka3 Nc3 64. Rc1 Nb5+ 65. Ka4 Nd6 66. Rd1 Ra8+ 67. Kb3 Nf7 68. Qe4+ Kb8 69. Qe6 Ng5 70. Qe8+ Kb7 71. Qe7+ Kb6 72. Qxg5 Rh8 73. Rd6+ Kc7 74. Qc5+ Kb8 75. Rb6+ Ka8 76. Qe5 Rh3+ 77. Qc3 Rh1 78. Qc8+ Ka7 79. Qc6 Rb1+ 80. Ka4 Ra1 81. Qc8 Kxb6 82. Qd8+ Kc6 83. Qd4 Rxa2+ 84. Kb3 Rh2 85. Qc4+ Kb6 86. Qf4 Rh3+ 87. Kc4 Rh6 88. Qxh6+ Kb7 89. Kb5 Kc8 90. Qd6 Kb7 91. Qd7+ Kb8 92. Kb6 Ka8 93. Qd8#
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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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