Challenge from georg

C42a: Russian Game (Petroff Defence)
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 03/26/2011
2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Be2 d6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nc5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Bc4 f6 8. Nc3 a6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. d3 Nc5 11. Be3 Ncd7 12. Nh4 b5 13. Nf5 g6 14. Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. d4 bxc4 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bh6 Bxb2 18. Bg7 Rg8 19. Qe1+ Kf7 20. Rd1 Kxg7 21. Qe4 f5 22. Qe3 Qc7 23. Rb1 Nf6 24. Rxb2 Nbd7 25. Kh1 Ng4 26. Qe7+ Kh6 27. Qh4+ Kg7 28. Qg3 Qa5 29. Rbb1 Qxa2 30. Rbe1 Qxc2 31. h3 Ngf6 32. Rc1 Qa4 33. Ra1 Qb5 34. Rab1 Qc5 35. Qh2 Ne4 36. Rbe1 Ndf6 37. f3 Nc3 38. Rc1 Na2 39. Ra1 Nb4 40. Qg1 Qd6 41. Rad1 Qc7 42. g3 Na2 43. g4 Qb6 44. gxf5 Qb7 45. Qe3 gxf5 46. Qg5+ Kf7 47. Qxg8+ Kxg8 48. Rg1+ Kf7 49. Rg5 Be6 50. Rd2 Nc3 51. Rc2 Ne2 52. Rg2 Nd4 53. Rxc4 Bxc4 54. Kh2 Qc7+ 55. Rg3 Be2 56. f4 Qxf4 57. Kg2 Nh5 58. h4 Nxg3 59. h5 Nxh5 60. Kg1 Qg3+ 61. Kh1 Qg2+ 62. Kxg2 Rg8+ 63. Kf2 Bc4 64. Ke3 Nc2+ 65. Kd2 Nd4 66. Kc3 Rg4 67. Kxc4 a5 68. Kc5 Ne6+ 69. Kxc6 Rb4 70. Kd6 Nef4 71. Ke5 a4 72. Kxf5 Ng7+ 73. Ke5 Nd3+ 74. Kd5 Ne8 75. Kc6 a3 76. Kd5 a2 77. Kc6 a1=Q 78. Kd5 Nf6+ 79. Kc6 Qc1+ 80. Kd6 Rb6#
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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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