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C24: Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defence
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4
Clock started on 12/08/2013
1... e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. f3 Be7 4. d3 O-O 5. Ne2 d6 6. Bb3 c6 7. c3 a5 8. a4 b6 9. Nd2 b5 10. h3 bxa4 11. g4 axb3 12. Nxb3 a4 13. Nd2 c5 14. b3 Bb7 15. Bb2 axb3 16. Nxb3 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Nc6 18. Ba3 Qb8 19. h4 h6 20. Ng3 Nh7 21. Nf5 Qd8 22. O-O Bxh4 23. Kh1 Bf6 24. Bb2 Qc8 25. Rd1 Bg5 26. d4 cxd4 27. c4 Ne7 28. Nxd6 Qc7 29. c5 Nc6 30. Rd3 Nb4 31. Rd1 Nc6 32. Nf5 Ne7 33. Ng3 Nc6 34. Qc1 Bxc1 35. Rxc1 Qe7 36. Ba3 Qg5 37. Ne2 Qh4+ 38. Kg1 Ng5 39. Rf1 Ra8 40. Bb2 Ra2 41. Rb1 Nxf3+ 42. Kg2 Qxg4+ 43. Kf2 Qxe4 44. Ng3 Qe3+ 45. Kg2 Qxb3 46. Kh3 Rxb2 47. Rf1 Rh2+ 48. Kg4 Bc8+ 49. Nf5 h5+ 50. Kg3 h4+ 51. Kg4 g6 52. Rxf3 Bxf5+ 53. Kg5 Qxf3 54. Kf6 Kh8 55. Kxf7 Be4+ 56. Ke8 g5 57. Kd7 Qf7+ 58. Kc8 Bf5#
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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