Challenge from pedaller

C41a: Philidor Defence
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 11/21/2011
2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 c6 4. d3 d5 5. Qe2 Bc5 6. b4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Be7 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Ba3 c5 12. b5 a6 13. b6 Qc6 14. Nfd2 O-O 15. Na5 Qxb6 16. Bb4 cxb4 17. cxb4 Qxb4 18. Nb3 Rd8 19. a3 Qxb3 20. Nxb3 Bb4+ 21. axb4 Nc6 22. Ra4 Be6 23. Nd2 Rd7 24. Nf3 Rad8 25. g4 Rd1+ 26. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Bb3+ 28. Kc1 Bxa4 29. g5 Nxe4 30. Rh2 Nxb4 31. Nxe5 Nxg5 32. h4 Ne4 33. f3 f6 34. Nc4 b5 35. Nb6 Nc3 36. Kd2 Nba2 37. Bd3 b4 38. Bxa6 Nb5 39. Nxa4 Nbc3 40. Bc8 Nxa4 41. Be6+ Kf8 42. Bxa2 Nb2 43. Re2 h6 44. Re6 h5 45. Rb6 g5 46. Rb8+ Kg7 47. Rxb4 g4 48. f4 g3 49. Rb7+ Kg6 50. Rxb2 Kf5 51. Rb1 Kxf4 52. Rf1+ Kg4 53. Be6+ Kxh4 54. Rh1+ Kg5 55. Bf7 Kg4 56. Bxh5+ Kf4 57. Rf1+ Kg5 58. Be2 Kh4 59. Rf4+ Kh3 60. Bf1+ Kh2 61. Rh4+ Kg1 62. Bd3 g2 63. Rg4 Kh1 64. Rh4+ Kg1 65. Rh6 f5 66. Bxf5 Kf2 67. Rg6 g1=Q 68. Rf6 Qg5+ 69. Kd3 Qxf6 70. Bg4 Qg6+ 71. Kd2 Qxg4 72. Kc2 Ke2 73. Kc3 Ke3 74. Kb2 Kd3 75. Kc1 Qe2 76. Kb1 Kc3 77. Ka1 Qb2#
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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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