Challenge from georg

B00a: King's Pawn
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 f6
Clock started on 03/26/2011
2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bd2 Nc6 5. Be2 Nge7 6. e5 fxe5 7. Bg5 exd4 8. Bxe7 Bxe7 9. Bh5+ g6 10. Ne4 O-O 11. Nf3 gxh5 12. Ned2 e5 13. Nc4 d5 14. Ncxe5 Na5 15. Nxd4 c6 16. Nexc6 bxc6 17. Nxc6 Qd6 18. O-O Qxc6 19. Qxh5 Be6 20. Rae1 Rf6 21. Re3 Qxc2 22. Qf3 Qxb2 23. Qg3+ Kf8 24. Qh4 Qxa2 25. Qxh7 Bc5 26. Qh4 d4 27. Qxf6+ Bf7 28. Qf3 Nc4 29. Re2 Qa5 30. Qxa8+ Kg7 31. g4 d3 32. Qf3 Bd6 33. Qxd3 Qc5 34. Qg3 Na3 35. Qh4 Bd5 36. g5 Nb5 37. Re3 Qc4 38. Qxc4 Bxc4 39. Rc1 Bb3 40. h4 Bc5 41. Rxc5 Nd6 42. Re7+ Kf8 43. Rc8+ Nxc8 44. Re3 Ba4 45. Re4 Bb3 46. Rb4 Bd1 47. Rb1 Ba4 48. h5 Nd6 49. h6 Nf7 50. Rb8+ Ke7 51. h7 Nxg5 52. h8=Q Ke6 53. Qh6+ Kf5 54. Rb4 Nf7 55. Rxa4 Nxh6 56. Ra5+ Kf4 57. Rxa7 Nf5 58. Ra4+ Kf3 59. Kf1 Nd6 60. Ra1 Nc4 61. Rc1 Nd2+ 62. Ke1 Ne4 63. Rc3+ Kg2 64. Rg3+ Kh1 65. Kf1 Kh2 66. Rg2+ Kh3 67. f4 Kh4 68. f5 Nc3 69. f6 Nd1 70. f7 Ne3+ 71. Ke2 Nxg2 72. f8=Q Kg3 73. Qf5 Kh2 74. Qh5+ Kg1 75. Qf3 Ne1 76. Kxe1 Kh2 77. Kf1
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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