Challenge from pedaller

A04: Reti
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. Nf3 f6
Clock started on 11/05/2011
2. Na3 c6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 e6 5. c3 Ne7 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. e5 d5 8. exf6 gxf6 9. Bb3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nc8 12. c4 Nb6 13. c5 Nc8 14. Bf4 Na6 15. Rc1 h6 16. Rc2 Be8 17. Rxe6 Qd7 18. Rce2 Bf7 19. R6e3 Be6 20. Rxe6 b6 21. cxb6 axb6 22. Qe1 Ra7 23. Re8 Nc7 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 25. R8e6 h5 26. Nh4 Bh6 27. Qb4 Bg5 28. Ng6 Rf7 29. Re7 Nxe7 30. Bc2 Rg7 31. Nxe7+ Kh8 32. Nf5 Rg6 33. Ne3 Qd7 34. Nf5 Ra6 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Re7+ Qxe7 37. Nxe7 c5 38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. Qxg6 h4 40. Qxg5 fxg5 41. Nxd5 cxd4 42. g3 Ra7 43. f4 Rg7 44. gxh4 gxh4+ 45. Kf2 Rd7 46. Nf6 Rd6 47. Ne4 Rd5 48. Ng5 d3 49. Ke1 d2+ 50. Kd1 Kg7 51. Nf3 b5 52. Nxh4 Kf6 53. f5 Ke5 54. Nc4+ Kf4 55. Nxd2 Ke3 56. b3 Kf2 57. Ng6 Kg1 58. f6 Kxh2 59. f7 Rxd2+ 60. Kxd2 Kg3 61. f8=Q Kg4 62. a4 Kg5 63. axb5 Kh5 64. b6 Kg5 65. b7 Kg4 66. b8=Q Kg5 67. Nf4 Kg4 68. Qbc8+ Kh4 69. Qg8
Draw

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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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