Challenge from georg

C00j: French: 2.Nf3
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e6
Clock started on 05/03/2011
2. Nf3 Ne7 3. b4 Ng6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e5 f6 6. exf6 gxf6 7. d4 Bxb4 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Bd2 Bxa1 10. Qxa1 d6 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nh4 b6 13. Nf3 Nd5 14. Be4 Nc7 15. d5 cxd5 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. h4 a6 18. Nd4 Rg8 19. Nxe6 Qe7 20. O-O Nxe6 21. Kh1 Rg4 22. Bf5 Rxh4+ 23. Bh3 Ng5 24. Re1 Ne5 25. f3 Ne6 26. Bc3 Bd7 27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. g3 Rxh3+ 29. Kg2 Rh6 30. Qc1 Ng5 31. Qe3 d4 32. Qb3 b5 33. Qd5 a5 34. Qxa8+ Kf7 35. Qxa5 d5 36. Qa8 Bh3+ 37. Kf2 Rc6 38. Qxc6 b4 39. Qxd5+ Kf8 40. Rxe5 Qa7 41. a4 Qxa4 42. Qxd4 Qxc2+ 43. Ke3 Nf7 44. Rc5 Qb2 45. Qxb2 Nh6 46. Rc7 Nf5+ 47. Ke4 Nxg3+ 48. Ke3 Nf5+ 49. Kd3 Bf1+ 50. Ke4 Nd6+ 51. Kd5 Nb5 52. Qf6+ Kg8 53. Rc8#
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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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