Battle of the Bourne

C20: Open Game
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 02/10/2012
2. Bd3 f6 3. c4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. b3 O-O 8. Ba3 g5 9. b4 a6 10. Qb3 b6 11. c5+ Kh8 12. cxd6 Bxd6 13. Bc4 g4 14. Nh4 b5 15. Bd5 Qd7 16. Nc3 Ne7 17. Bxa8 Neg8 18. Bd5 Ne7 19. Ba8 f5 20. Rad1 Qe6 21. Re3 Qf6 22. g3 Be6 23. Rd3 Bxb3 24. axb3 Rxa8 25. Re1 Qe6 26. Nd5 Nc6 27. Rc3 f4 28. Rc5 Bf8 29. Rc3 a5 30. Nxc7 Qc8 31. Nxb5 Qa6 32. Nc7 Qa7 33. Rxc6 Rd8 34. Rd1 Ng8 35. Ne6 Re8 36. d4 Ne7 37. Rc5 Bh6 38. Rxa5 Qb6 39. Rc1 Qxe6 40. d5 Qd7 41. b5 Qb7 42. Rc5 Rd8 43. Nf5 Bf8 44. d6 Ng6 45. Bb2 f3 46. Ne3 Qxe4 47. Ra1 Bxd6 48. Rc4 Qd3 49. Rd1 Qxb3 50. Rd2 Ra8 51. Rc6 Ra1+ 52. Bxa1 Bb4 53. Rd8+ Kg7 54. Nf5+ Kf7 55. Rc1 Ba3 56. Re1 Qxb5 57. Ra8 Bb4 58. Rd1 Qc5 59. Ra2 Qc6 60. Nh6+ Kg7 61. Nf5+ Kf6 62. Ne3 Qe6 63. Nf1 Qxa2 64. Ne3 Ne7 65. Nxg4+ Kf5 66. Ne3+ Kg5 67. Bxe5 Qb3 68. h4+ Kg6 69. Kh2 Qe6 70. Bf4 Qe4 71. Rd6+ Kf7 72. Rd1 Qc6 73. Nc2 Qxc2 74. Rd7 Qxf2+ 75. Kh3 Qg1 76. Kg4 f2 77. Rd4 Bc3 78. Be3 Qh2 79. Rf4+ Ke8 80. Rxf2 Qg1 81. Rf3 Nd5 82. Bxg1 Nb4 83. Rxc3 Na2 84. Rc8+ Kd7 85. Rc5 Kd6 86. Kh5 Nb4 87. Rc8 Kd7 88. Ra8 Nd5 89. Kh6 Nf6 90. Bd4 Ng4+ 91. Kxh7 Kd6 92. h5 Kd5 93. Rd8+ Ke6 94. h6 Kf5 95. Rd6 Kg5 96. Rd5+ Ne5 97. Rxe5+ Kg4 98. Kg8 Kxg3 99. h7 Kg4 100. h8=Q Kf4 101. Be3+ Kf3 102. Qh3+ Ke2 103. Bg1+ Kd2 104. Rc5 Ke2 105. Rc2+ Kd1 106. Qd3+ Ke1 107. Qe2#
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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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