Challenge from georg

A40g: Queen's Pawn: English Defence, 3.e4
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 b6
Clock started on 08/23/2010
2. d4 e6 3. c4 d6 4. Nf3 e5 5. dxe5 Bd7 6. Nc3 dxe5 7. Nxe5 f6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bf4 g5 10. Bd2 Be7 11. h4 h6 12. a3 f5 13. e5 Bd6 14. Nb5 Bxe5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Rg1 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bf6 18. Rb3 Nge7 19. Rc3 a6 20. Nbd4 Bxd4 21. Rd3 O-O 22. Bxg5 Bb2 23. a4 Na5 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Qe2 Rb8 26. Qxe5 Nac6 27. Rh1 Nxe5 28. Rc3 Bc6 29. f3 b5 30. a5 bxc4 31. f4 Rb1+ 32. Kf2 Ng4+ 33. Ke2 Rb2+ 34. Ke1 Rb1+ 35. Ke2 Rb5 36. Rxc4 Re5+ 37. Re4 Rxe4+ 38. Kf3 Rd4+ 39. Kg3 Bxg2 40. Bxg2 Rd3+ 41. Kh4 c5 42. Re1 Ng6+ 43. Kh5 Qxg5+ 44. Kxg5 c4 45. Kxg6 Rd6+ 46. Kg5 Nh2 47. Rh1 Rh6 48. Kxh6 Ng4+ 49. Kg6 Rf6+ 50. Kh5 Nf2 51. Rc1 Nd3 52. Rxc4 Ne1 53. Bf1 Kh7 54. Rc7+ Kg8 55. Rc8+ Kg7 56. Rc7+ Rf7 57. Rc6 Nf3 58. Rxa6 Nd4 59. Rd6 Nb5 60. a6 Nxd6 61. Kg5 Ne4+ 62. Kh4 Nc5 63. Kh3 Nxa6 64. Bxa6 Ra7 65. Bd3 Ra4 66. Bxf5 Rxf4 67. Bd7 Kg6 68. Kg3 Re4 69. Kg2 Kg5 70. Bc6 Re2+ 71. Kf1 Re3 72. Kf2 Rc3 73. Be8 Kf4 74. Kf1 Kf3 75. Ke1 Rc1+ 76. Kd2 Rc4 77. Kd3 Rb4 78. Bh5+ Kf4 79. Ke2 Ke4 80. Bg6+ Kd4 81. Kf3 Rb6 82. Bf7 Rf6+ 83. Kg4 Rxf7 84. Kh4 Ke4 85. Kg4 Ke3 86. Kh3 Rg7 87. Kh4 Kf4 88. Kh5 Rg8 89. Kh6 Kg4 90. Kh7 Rf8 91. Kg7 Kf5 92. Kxf8
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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