1700's Anonymous

B17a: Caro-Kann: Steinitz Variation
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 c6
Clock started on 09/23/2011
2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ndf6 6. Qf3 Nxe4 7. Qxe4 Nf6 8. Qh4 Qa5+ 9. c3 Qh5 10. Qxh5 Nxh5 11. Be3 g6 12. Ne2 Bg7 13. h3 O-O 14. g4 Nf6 15. O-O-O Be6 16. b3 a5 17. Nf4 Bd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rhe1 Nxc3 20. Rd2 b5 21. Kb2 Nd5 22. Be4 Nb4 23. a3 Nd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rc1 Rfc8 26. Rdc2 Rxc2+ 27. Rxc2 e6 28. Rc5 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Rb5 Bf8 31. Bd2 Rd8 32. Bxb4 Bxb4 33. Rxb4 Kg7 34. Rb5 Rc8 35. Rc5 Rb8 36. Kc3 Ra8 37. Kb4 Ra2 38. f4 Rh2 39. Rc3 Rf2 40. Kc5 Rxf4 41. b4 Rf1 42. b5 Ra1 43. Kc6 Ra8 44. Kb7 Re8 45. b6 e5 46. dxe5 Rxe5 47. Ka7 d4 48. Rc8 Rd5 49. b7 Rd7 50. Ka8 d3 51. Rc1 d2 52. Rd1 Rd8+ 53. b8=Q Rxb8+ 54. Kxb8 f5 55. g5 h6 56. h4 hxg5 57. hxg5 Kf7 58. Rxd2 Ke6 59. Re2+ Kd7 60. Kb7 Kd6 61. Kc8 f4 62. Kd8 Kd5 63. Ke7 Kd4 64. Kf6 f3 65. Rf2 Ke3 66. Rxf3+ Kxf3 67. Kxg6 Kf4 68. Kf6
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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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