Northern Trappers -v- Apple Pie

C58f: Two Knights: Morphy, Bogoljubow Variation
'Fast' (10 days + 1 day/move, max 30 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 10/16/2011
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3 h6 9. Ne4 Nd5 10. Be2 Be7 11. d3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Nec3 Be6 14. Qg3 f4 15. Qf3 Nb4 16. Na3 c5 17. Ne4 Nxa2 18. Bd2 Nb4 19. Rfe1 Qd7 20. b3 Rad8 21. Bc1 Nbc6 22. Bb2 Nd4 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Ra2 Nc6 25. Nc4 Nb4 26. Ra5 Qc7 27. Rea1 a6 28. Bd1 g6 29. Qe2 Kg7 30. Qd2 Rb8 31. Bf3 Rb5 32. R5a4 Rfb8 33. Qe2 h5 34. Rc1 a5 35. Re1 Nd5 36. Rea1 Ra8 37. Kh1 Ra7 38. R4a2 Bf5 39. Rb2 Qb8 40. Re1 a4 41. Qf1 Bxe4 42. Bxe4 Nc3 43. Ra1 a3 44. Rba2 Nxa2 45. Rxa2 Bb4 46. Qe2 Qe8 47. h3 Qe7 48. Bc6 Rc5 49. Be4 Ra6 50. Qf3 Rf6 51. Kh2 Qd7 52. Kh1 Rb5 53. Kg1 Re6 54. Qe2 Be7 55. Nd2 Reb6 56. Nc4 Ra6 57. Bf3 Qe6 58. Be4 Bb4 59. Qf3 Kh6 60. Bb7 Ra7 61. Bc6 Rc5 62. Be4 g5 63. g4 hxg4 64. hxg4 Kg7 65. Bf5 Qh6 66. Be4 Rc8 67. Nxe5 Rxc2 68. Rxc2 a2 69. Rxa2 Rxa2 70. Kg2 Be1 71. Bf5 Rxf2+ 72. Qxf2 Bxf2 73. Kxf2 Qh2+ 74. Kf3 Qh1+ 75. Kf2 Qh3 76. Be4 Kf6 77. Nf3 Qxg4 78. Ke1 Qg3+ 79. Kd1 g4 80. Nd2 Qg1+ 81. Kc2 g3 82. b4 Qf2 83. b5 g2 84. Bxg2 Qxg2 85. b6 Qc6+ 86. Kd1 f3 87. Ne4+ Ke5
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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