Challenge from malcolm chugg

D00n: Queen's Pawn: Veresov Attack
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
Clock started on 12/24/2014
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. e3 Bb4 4. Be2 Qg5 5. Nf3 Qxg2 6. Rf1 Qg6 7. Rg1 Qf6 8. Kf1 Bd7 9. Ne1 Qh4 10. Rg2 e5 11. Nxd5 Bd6 12. Nd3 exd4 13. Bd2 dxe3 14. Bxe3 Bh3 15. Bg5 Bxg2+ 16. Kxg2 Qxg5+ 17. Kh1 Qxd5+ 18. Kg1 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Qh6 20. Qg1 Nf6 21. b4 O-O 22. c4 Re8 23. Bd1 Qd2 24. Bf3 c6 25. Qf1 Bxb4 26. a3 Bc3 27. Rd1 Qa2 28. Bg2 Qxc4 29. Rc1 Rd8 30. Rd1 Bb2 31. Rb1 Qc3 32. Nxb2 Na6 33. Nd1 Qxa3 34. Rxb7 Qa1 35. Bf3 g5 36. h3 Nd5 37. Qg2 Nac7 38. Qxg5+ Qg7 39. Qh4 a5 40. Be4 h6 41. Nb2 Qg5 42. Qg3 Qxg3 43. fxg3 Rab8 44. Ra7 Rxb2 45. g4 Ra8 46. Rxa8+ Nxa8 47. Bf5 Ne3 48. Bd7 c5 49. h4 Nb6 50. Bc6 Nbc4 51. g5 Rb1+ 52. Kh2 Nf1+ 53. Kh3 hxg5 54. hxg5 Rb3+ 55. Kh4 Ne5 56. Bd5 Nf3+ 57. Kh5 Re3 58. Kh6 Ne5 59. g6 Rh3+ 60. Kg5 Kg7 61. Bxf7 Nxf7+ 62. gxf7 Kxf7 63. Kg4 Ra3 64. Kf5 c4 65. Ke5 c3 66. Kd6 c2 67. Kd7 c1=Q 68. Kd8 Rd3#
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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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