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D00n: Queen's Pawn: Veresov Attack
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move)
1. d4
Clock started on 12/21/2005
1... d5 2. Nc3 h6 3. g3 b6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bb7 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8. Nc3 e6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Nb5 Nd5 11. c4 Nxf4 12. gxf4 a6 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. O-O-O Ng4 15. Bh3 Nf6 16. Rd3 Qd6 17. Qe3 O-O-O 18. Rhd1 Kb8 19. Ne5 Rhf8 20. a3 Nd7 21. c5 bxc5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Rxd7 Qxe3+ 24. fxe3 f6 25. Rxe7 Rxd1+ 26. Nxd1 fxe5 27. fxe5 Bc8 28. Rxg7 Rd8 29. Nc3 Rd3 30. Na4 Rxe3 31. Bf1 Re1+ 32. Kc2 Rxf1 33. Rh7 Rf2+ 34. Kb3 Rxh2 35. Nc5 Rh3+ 36. Ka2 h5 37. Rh8 Re3 38. Nxa6+ Kb7 39. Nc5+ Kb8 40. Nxe6 Kb7 41. Nc5+ Kb8 42. Rxh5 Bg4 43. Rg5 Bh3 44. a4 Bc8 45. b3 c6 46. Ka3 Re1 47. a5 Kc7 48. Rg7+ Kb8 49. Re7 Rc1 50. Kb4 Bf5 51. a6 Bc8 52. Ka5 Rxc5+ 53. Kb6 Rc3 54. a7+ Ka8 55. Rc7 Rxb3+ 56. Kxc6 Bb7+ 57. Kd6 Kxa7 58. e6 Rd3+ 59. Ke5 Rd8 60. e7 Re8 61. Rd7 Ka6 62. Rd8 Rxe7+ 63. Kd6 Re1 64. Rf8 Kb6 65. Rf6 Rc1 66. Rf4 Rc6+ 67. Ke5 Kc5 68. Rf6 Rxf6 69. Kxf6
Draw

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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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