This game is being played under Symmetrical Fischer Random Chess rules. Click the 'info' tab for more information.
1. d4 d5 Clock started on 06/22/2012
2. Ng3 Nd6 3. Nd3 Ne6 4. f3 c6 5. c3 f6 6. Bf2 Bf7 7. O-O h5 8. e3 h4 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bc2 Nc4 11. g3 Ng5 12. f4 Nh3+ 13. Kg2 Nxf2 14. Kxf2 hxg3+ 15. Nxg3 Rxh2+ 16. Kf3 Rh3 17. Qe1 Qd7 18. b3 Nd6 19. Nf2 Rh8 20. Rh1 Rg8 21. Ke2 Bc7 22. Kd2 O-O-O 23. Rd1 Ba5 24. Kc1 Nb5 25. b4 Bb6 26. Kb2 Nd6 27. Bd3 a5 28. a3 axb4 29. axb4 Kc7 30. Qe2 g5 31. fxg5 Rxg5 32. Rdg1 Rdg8 33. Qf3 Kb8 34. Nh3 R5g7 35. Qf2 Bc7 36. Nf5 Rxg1 37. Nxg1 Be6 38. Nxd6 Qxd6 39. Ne2 Bd7 40. Bc2 e5 41. Rf1 Bd8 42. Bf5 Be8 43. Qf3 e4 44. Qf2 Rh8 45. Rg1 Rh2 46. Rg2 Bc7 47. Kc2 Bh5 48. Nf4 Rxg2 49. Qxg2 Bf3 50. Qf2= Qe7 51. Qh4 Qg7 52. Ng6 Bd8 53. Kc1 Qc7 54. Nf4 Qb6 55. Qh8 Ka7 56. Ne6 Bc7 57. Nxc7 Qxc7 58. Qxf6 Qg3 59. Qd8 Qe1+ 60. Kb2 Qd2+ 61. Kb1 Be2 62. Qa5+ Ba6 63. Qc5+ b6 64. Qe7+ Bb7= Draw
One of the criticisms often levelled at Chess960 is that many of the starting positions lack the symmetry and elegance of the Standard Chess starting array.
Symmetrical Fischer Random Chess was proposed on this site by Lux in an attempt to restrict the possible starting arrays to ones that have a degree of symmetry, yet maintain independence from opening theory enjoyed by FRC players.
Rules of the game
The game is played with Chess960 rules, except the fact that only a few initial setups can happen.
Rooks always start on the a and h files, the king and queen always start on the d and e files (but may be transposed) and the two bishops are always on opposite coloured squares. Black and White start with the same position and castling and en-passant is allowed. Castling works as in Chess960 (after castling pieces stay as in standard chess).
There are eight possible starting arrays, including the Standard Chess array, only the seven non-standard arrays are used on SchemingMind for this game.
Game hints
The game plays more-or-less as standard chess, although one must remember that changed minor pieces position and (possibly) switched king position can lead to a bit different game characteristics. Simple example - in the position below, squares g2 and g7 are not defended at all.
Another thing to remember is that castling in the positions with kings staying on d1/d8 seems to be a little bit unnatural. Even in this case, after O-O king stays at g1 and rook at f1, after O-O-O king stays at c1 and rook at d1. See for example O-O played by Kd1 and O-O-O played by Kd1.
Game Page Help
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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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".
- 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:
- 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.
- Hide Comments: this tab shows the moves of the game only, without the distraction of the comments shown on the game overview tab.
- 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".
- 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.
- Variant Information: this tab is available for some chess variants, it will show you a description of the variant.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
View this article in the Knowledge Base.