Challenge from JMD

B01a: Scandinavian (Centre Counter)
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 d5
Clock started on 08/07/2012
2. Bd3 dxe4 3. Bxe4 Nf6 4. Bf3 e5 5. d3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Nc6 8. a3 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. Ne4 Bd7 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bg4 Qh4+ 14. Kd2 Bxg4 15. Qxg4 Qf2+ 16. Qe2 Qf6 17. Rf1 Qe6 18. b3 Rad8 19. Qg4 f5 20. Qc4 Qxc4 21. bxc4 Na5 22. Nf3 Nxc4+ 23. Ke2 Nxa3 24. Nxe5 Nxc2 25. Rc1 Nxe3 26. Kxe3 Rde8 27. d4 c6 28. Kf4 g6 29. g4 fxg4+ 30. Kxg4 Rf2 31. Rhf1 Rd2 32. Rcd1 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 a5 34. Nd7 Kg7 35. d5 cxd5 36. Rxd5 Re4+ 37. Kg3 a4 38. Ra5 Re3+ 39. Kf2 Ra3 40. Nb6 Rb3 41. Nc4 b5 42. Nd6 a3 43. Nxb5 a2 44. Nd4 Rxh3 45. Ke2 Rh1 46. Nc2 h5 47. Kd3 h4 48. Rxa2 h3 49. Ne3 h2 50. Rg2 Rd1+ 51. Nxd1 h1=Q 52. Ne3 Qb1+ 53. Ke2 Kf6 54. Kf3 Ke5 55. Rg4 Qd3 56. Kf2 Kf6 57. Kf3 g5 58. Kf2 Kg6 59. Kf3= Kh5 60. Rc4 Qb3 61. Kf2 Qb6 62. Kf3= Qf6+ 63. Ke2 Qe5 64. Kf3= Qh2 65. Ng2= Qh3+ 66. Kf2= g4 67. Nf4+ Kh4 68. Nxh3 Kxh3 69. Kg1 g3 70. Rc3 Kg4 71. Kg2 Kf5 72. Kxg3
White 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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