Challenge from annarowan

C55d: Two Knights: 4.d3 h6
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 01/16/2013
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. d3 Nf6 5. h3 d6 6. a3 Qe7 7. Be3 Be6 8. Nbd2 Bxc4 9. Nxc4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Qe2 b5 12. Ncd2 Qe6 13. Ne4 a6 14. O-O Be7 15. Rfd1 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 O-O 17. b4 a5 18. c3 a4 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bg5 22. Qd3 Be7 23. Qxb5 Rfd8 24. Qb7 c6 25. Re1 Kf8 26. b5 Rab8 27. Qxc6 Qxc6 28. bxc6 Ra8 29. Rd7 Rxd7 30. cxd7 Bxa3 31. Rd1 Ke7 32. c4 Rd8 33. c5 Rxd7 34. Ra1 Bb2 35. Re1 Be5 36. Ng3 Kf6 37. Ne4+ Kg6 38. c6 Ra7 39. Ng3 Bc7 40. Ne2 a3 41. Nc3 a2 42. Nxa2 Rxa2 43. g3 Bb6 44. Rf1 Rc2 45. Kg2 Rxc6 46. Rd1 f5 47. f3 Rc2+ 48. Kf1 Bf2 49. Kg2 Be1+ 50. Kf1 Bxg3 51. Rd4 Rf2+ 52. Ke1 Rxf3+ 53. Ke2 Rf2+ 54. Kd1 f4 55. Rd6+ Kh5 56. Rd7 g6 57. Rd5+ g5 58. Rd2 Rf1+ 59. Ke2 Rh1 60. Rd1 Rxh3 61. Kf3 g4+ 62. Kg2 f3+ 63. Kg1 Bh2+ 64. Kf1 Kh4 65. Ke1 Bg3+ 66. Kd2 Rh2+ 67. Ke3 f2 68. Ke2 Rg2 69. Rf1 Rg1 70. Rxf2 Bxf2 71. Kxf2 Rg3 72. Kf1 Rh3 73. Kg2 g3 74. Kg1 Rh2 75. Kf1 g2+ 76. Kg1 Kh3 77. Kf2 Rh1
Black 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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