Challenge from georg

C00d: French: Steinitz Attack
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e6
Clock started on 09/13/2010
2. e5 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d3 dxe5 5. g4 g6 6. Ng5 f6 7. Bg2 fxg5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Bxg5 h6 10. Be4 hxg5 11. Bxg6+ Kd7 12. d4 exd4 13. c3 Qe7 14. Bd3 Nxg4 15. f3 Ne3 16. Qd2 Nd5 17. Qg2 Ne5 18. Na3 Qc5 19. Rac1 Nf6 20. Qxg5 Nh7 21. Qd2 Kd8 22. b4 Qd6 23. f4 Nd7 24. Bxh7 Rxh7 25. cxd4 b6 26. Qg2 Qxd4+ 27. Rf2 Bxb4 28. Nb5 a6 29. Nxd4 Rh6 30. Nxe6+ Rxe6 31. f5 Re8 32. f6 Rf8 33. Rb1 Rb8 34. Rxb4 a5 35. Rg4 b5 36. Rg8 Ke8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. f7 Rb6 39. Qe4 Bb7 40. Qe6 Nc5 41. Qh3 a4 42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. f8=Q+ Ke6 44. Qe8+ Kd5 45. Rd2+ Kc4 46. Qe4+ Nxe4 47. Re2 Nd6 48. Rc2+ Kd3 49. Rxc7 Be4 50. Qh6 b4 51. Qxd6+ Rxd6 52. h4 Rh6 53. Ra7 Rxh4 54. Rxa4 Bd5 55. Rxb4 Rxb4 56. a3 Ra4 57. Kf2 Rxa3 58. Kg3 Kd4+ 59. Kg4 Be6+ 60. Kg5 Bc8 61. Kf6 Rf3+ 62. Kg5 Rg3+ 63. Kf6 Rf3+ 64. Ke7 Re3+ 65. Kd8 Bf5 66. Kc7 Rc3+ 67. Kb6 Rb3+ 68. Kc6 Rc3+ 69. Kd6 Rb3 70. Ke7 Re3+ 71. Kf6 Bh7 72. Kg7 Bd3 73. Kh6 Re6+ 74. Kg5 Re5+ 75. Kf6 Rc5 76. Ke6 Bc4+ 77. Kd6 Ra5 78. Ke7 Ra7+ 79. Kf6 Ra6+ 80. Kg5 Ra5+ 81. Kg4 Be2+ 82. Kf4 Bf1 83. Kg3 Rg5+ 84. Kf2 Bc4 85. Kf3 Rf5+ 86. Kg4 Rf8 87. Kg5 Rg8+ 88. Kf5 Bd3+ 89. Kf4 Rf8+ 90. Kg5 Rg8+ 91. Kf4 Bb5 92. Kf3 Bc6+ 93. Kf4 Rf8+ 94. Kg4 Bd7+ 95. Kg3 Rf6 96. Kh4 Rh6+ 97. Kg5 Rh1 98. Kf6 Rf1+ 99. Ke7 Ba4 100. Kd6 Rf6+ 101. Ke7 Ra6 102. Kf7 Bb3+ 103. Ke7= Ra7+ 104. Kf6 Bc2 105. Ke6 Bb3+ 106. Kf5 Bc2+ 107. Kf4 Rf7+ 108. Kg3 Rg7+ 109. Kf3 Bd1+ 110. Kf2 Ba4 111. Ke2 Bb5+ 112. Kd2 Rg2+=
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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