Pyramid challenge from knightfork

B13c: Caro-Kann: Exchange, 4.Nf3
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. d4 c5
Clock started on 08/30/2011
2. e3 cxd4 3. exd4 d5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. a4 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Nc3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. g3 e5 14. Nb3 e4 15. Bh5 Bh3 16. Be2 Qd7 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Ne7 19. Nd2 Nf5 20. Ne2 Ng4 21. Nf4 Ngxe3 22. fxe3 Nxe3 23. Qe2 Nxf1 24. Nxf1 Bxf4 25. gxf4 f5 26. Ne3 b5 27. a5 Rf6 28. b4 Raf8 29. Rf1 Rg6+ 30. Kh1 Qe6 31. Qh5 Rh6 32. Qe2 Rff6 33. Rg1 Qf7 34. Rg5 g6 35. c3 Qd7 36. Qf2 Rh5 37. Rxh5 gxh5 38. Qh4 Qf7 39. Nxd5 Rh6 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qg5+ Rg6 42. Qd8 Rg4 43. Ne3 Rg6 44. d5 Kh6 45. Qh4 Kg7 46. Qf2 Qc7 47. Qd2 Qxf4 48. Qd4+ Kh6 49. Qd2 Qf3+ 50. Ng2+ e3 51. Qxe3+ Qxe3 52. Nxe3 Kg5 53. Kg2 Rd6 54. h3 f4 55. h4+ Kf6 56. Nc2 Rxd5 57. Nd4 Ke5 58. Nf3+ Ke4 59. Ng5+ Ke3 60. Nf3 h6 61. Nd4 Ke4 62. Kf2 Rd8 63. Nc6 Rd2+ 64. Ke1 Ke3 65. Nd4 Ra2 66. Kf1 f3 67. Nf5+ Kf4 68. Nxh6 Rh2 69. Kg1 Rxh4 70. Kf2 Rh2+ 71. Kf1 h4 72. Nf7 Rg2 73. Nd6 h3 74. Nxb5 h2
Black win

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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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