Challenge from georg

B00d: Owen Defence
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 b6
Clock started on 01/14/2011
2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Be3 f6 5. c3 Be7 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Bd3 exd4 8. cxd4 f5 9. exf5 g5 10. Nb3 g4 11. Nfd2 Nb4 12. a3 Nxd3+ 13. Ke2 Nxb2 14. Qc2 Na4 15. Qc4 Nc5 16. dxc5 d5 17. Qxg4 Bd7 18. a4 Bxa4 19. Qxa4+ Kf7 20. Qg4 h5 21. h3 Nf6 22. Qf3 b5 23. Nb1 a5 24. Nd4 b4 25. Nb3 a4 26. Nd4 Bxc5 27. g4 hxg4 28. Qg2 b3 29. f3 Bd6 30. h4 gxf3+ 31. Qxf3 c5 32. Nc3 cxd4 33. Bxd4 b2 34. Rab1 Qe7+ 35. Kd2 a3 36. Bf2 d4 37. Bxd4 a2 38. Nxa2 Rac8 39. Rxb2 Rc4 40. Bxf6 Qxf6 41. Rb7+ Be7 42. Kd3 Rd8+ 43. Kxc4 Rd2 44. Qe3 Qc6+ 45. Kb3 Rd7 46. Rb4 Qxh1 47. Nc3 Qxh4 48. Rxh4 Bxh4 49. Qh3 Bf6 50. Nb5 Be5 51. Qh7+ Bg7 52. Qh5+ Kf6 53. Kc4 Ke5 54. Qe8+ Kxf5 55. Qxd7+ Kg6 56. Qd6+ Kh7 57. Nc7 Ba1 58. Qe7+ Kh6 59. Qf6+ Bxf6 60. Ne8 Be5 61. Kd5 Bh8 62. Ke6 Kg6 63. Kd6 Kg5 64. Nc7 Bc3 65. Ne6+ Kf5 66. Ng7+ Kg6 67. Ne8 Bb4+ 68. Kc6 Kf7 69. Nc7 Kg6 70. Kd5 Ba5 71. Na6 Bd8 72. Kd6 Kf6 73. Nc5 Bb6 74. Ne4+ Kf5 75. Ng3+ Kf4 76. Nh5+ Kg5 77. Ng7 Kg6 78. Ne8 Kf7 79. Nc7 Bxc7+
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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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