Challenge from matizccc

A50k: Indian: 2.c4 a6
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. d4 a6
Clock started on 10/20/2013
2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e4 Be7 6. Bd3 c6 7. Qc2 Qc7 8. O-O Bd7 9. h3 e5 10. d5 c5 11. Ne1 h6 12. f4 Nh5 13. f5 Bf6 14. g4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Be5 17. Rf3 f6 18. Ng2 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 O-O 20. Nh4 Be8 21. Ne2 Be5 22. Rb1 Qa5 23. a3 Ba4 24. b3 Be8 25. Qc1 b5 26. b4 cxb4 27. axb4 Qc7 28. cxb5 Qxc1+ 29. Rxc1 axb5 30. Rff1 Ra3 31. Rf3 Na6 32. Rb1 Kh7 33. Bc2 Rxf3 34. Nxf3 Bd7 35. Bd3 Rc8 36. Nxe5 dxe5 37. Kg2 Rc7 38. Kf3 Be8 39. Ke3 Kg8 40. Kd2 Nb8 41. Nc3 Rb7 42. Ra1 h5 43. Ra5 hxg4 44. hxg4 Kh7 45. Bxb5 Bxb5 46. Nxb5 Kh6 47. Ke3 Kg5 48. Kf3 Rb6 49. Kg3 Na6 50. d6 Nxb4 51. d7 Nc6 52. Nc7 Rb3+ 53. Kf2 Kxg4 54. Rd5 Nd8 55. Ne6 Rb8 56. Ke3 Rb3+ 57. Rd3 Rb8 58. Nxg7 Nf7 59. Ne6 Nd8 60. Nxd8 Rxd8 61. Rd6 Kg5 62. Kf3 Kh4 63. Rxf6 Rxd7 64. Rf8 Rd3+ 65. Ke2
matizccc: Lifeline, clock reset to 10 days
65... Ra3 66. f6 Kg5 67. f7 Kf6 68. Re8 Kxf7 69. Rxe5 Kf6 70. Re8 Kf7 71. Rh8 Ke6 72. Rh5 Kf6 73. Rf5+ Ke6 74. Kf2 Rb3 75. Rf3= Rb1 76. Ke3 Ke5 77. Rf5+ Ke6 78. Kd3 Rd1+ 79. Ke2 Rd4 80. Ke3 Rd1 81. Ra5 Re1+ 82. Kd4= Rd1+ 83. Kc3= Rd8 84. Rc5 Rd1 85. Kc2= Rd4 86. Rc8= Rxe4 87. Re8+= Kf5 88. Rxe4 Kxe4
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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