Challenge from piper

A41d: Neo-Old Indian: 2.Nf3
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. Nf3 d6
Clock started on 04/23/2013
2. d4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Be2 Bd6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 Ne4 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Bh5 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. f3 Qh4 11. f4 Ba6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Nd2 Nc3 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. Qe1 Ne4 16. Bd3 Bb4 17. Bd2 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 Bc3 19. Rd1 c5 20. Qf2 a5 21. a4 cxd4 22. Nf3 dxe3 23. Qxe3 Qf6 24. Ne5 Ba6 25. Nd7 Qe7 26. Nxf8 Qxf8 27. Bxa6 Bb4 28. Bd3 Bc5 29. Qxc5 Qxc5+ 30. Kh1 g6 31. Be2 Qxc2 32. Bb5 Qxb3 33. Rc1 Rc8 34. h3 f5 35. Rf3 Qb2 36. Rc6 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Qe4 38. Ra6 Qe1 39. Bd7 Rd8 40. Bc6 Rd6 41. Rb3 Qe4 42. Rf3 Qc2 43. Ra8+ Kg7 44. Be8 Qe4 45. Rg3 Qxf4 46. Ra7 d4 47. Rxc7+ Kf6 48. Rf7+ Ke5 49. Rxh7 d3 50. Bxg6 d2 51. Bh5 d1=Q 52. Bxd1 Rxd1 53. Rb7 Kf6 54. Rg7 Ra1 55. Rg6+ Ke5 56. h4 Qxh4+ 57. Rh3 Qf4+ 58. Rgg3 Rxa4 59. Rh8 Ra1 60. Rb8 a4 61. Rb5+ Kf6 62. Rc5 a3 63. Rc3 a2 64. Rf3 Qc1 65. Rh3 Rb1 66. Rc3 Qf4+ 67. Rcg3 a1=Q
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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