Challenge from pedaller

C20: Open Game: Napoleon's Opening
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 10/10/2013
2. Qf3 f6 3. Bc4 Ne7 4. Qb3 Ng6 5. Qb5 c6 6. Qb3 d6 7. Nh3 Nd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Qd3 Nb6 10. b3 Bd7 11. a4 Nh4 12. g3 Ng6 13. a5 Nc8 14. Re1 b6 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. b4 a6 17. Re3 Qc8 18. Ra3 Bxh3 19. Ba2 Qg4 20. Qe2 Qg5 21. Rec3 Bd7 22. h4 Qh5 23. Qxh5 O-O-O 24. d3 Kb7 25. Bc4 Ka7 26. Rxa6+ Kb7 27. Na3 Nf8 28. Be3 g6 29. Qf3 h6 30. Bxb6 Rc8 31. b5 c5 32. Ra7+ Kxb6 33. Nb1 Kxa7 34. Ra3+ Kb7 35. c3 Nh7 36. Nd2 Be8 37. Be6 Rc7 38. Qd1 Bxb5 39. d4 Rc6 40. Bd5 f5 41. exf5 gxf5 42. Qh5 Bf8 43. Qxf5 Kc7 44. Bxc6 Kxc6 45. Ne4 Bd3 46. dxe5 d5 47. Nf6 Bxf5 48. g4 Bd3 49. Nxh7 Rxh7 50. h5 Rf7 51. Ra1 Rf4 52. Rd1 Bc4 53. e6 Rxg4+ 54. Kh2 Bd6+ 55. Kh3 Rg5 56. Kh4 Re5 57. Rg1 Rxe6 58. Rg6 Re4+ 59. Kh3 Bf1+ 60. Rg2 Rf4 61. Kg3 d4 62. cxd4 cxd4 63. Rg1 Be2 64. Rc1+ Kd7 65. Rb1 Bxh5 66. Rb5 Rg4+ 67. Kh3 Rg1 68. Rd5 Rh1+ 69. Kg2 Rd1 70. Rxh5 d3 71. Rxh6 Kc6 72. Rf6 Rd2 73. Rf3 Rd1 74. Re3 Bf4 75. Kf3 d2 76. Kxf4 Rf1 77. Rc3+ Kb5 78. Rb3+ Ka4 79. Rd3 d1=Q 80. Rxd1 Rxd1 81. f3 Rd4+ 82. Ke3 Rd8 83. f4 Rf8 84. Ke4 Kb5 85. f5 Kc5 86. Ke5 Kc6 87. Ke6 Kc7 88. f6 Kd8 89. f7 Kc7 90. Ke7 Rxf7+ 91. Kxf7
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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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