Challenge for The Wash

A00k: Van Kruijs
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e3
Clock started on 08/09/2015
1... e5 2. Bd3 c6 3. Qf3 Bd6 4. Nh3 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. O-O Rf8 7. Qf5 Qb6 8. Qxe5 d6 9. Qf4 Bxh3 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qh4 Be6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 b5 14. b4 Qxa4 15. Bb2 O-O-O 16. Rfe1 Bd5 17. e4 Be6 18. c3 Rh8 19. Rec1 h6 20. Bc2 Qa6 21. a4 bxa4 22. Bxa4 Nb6 23. Bxc6 Qe2 24. Re1 Qxd2 25. Rab1 Nc4 26. Ba1 g5 27. Qh3 Bxh3 28. Red1 Qxc3 29. Bxc3 Rhf8 30. b5 Nxe4 31. Bd4 a5 32. Bxe4 Kb8 33. b6 f5 34. Bd3 Rc8 35. b7 Rc7 36. Rdc1 d5 37. f4 Rc6 38. Rb5 Bd6 39. Rxd5 Re8 40. Rxc4 Re1+ 41. Kf2 Ra1 42. Bxa1 Rb6 43. Rxa5 Rb3 44. Ra8+ Kxb7 45. Rd8 Rxd3 46. Rxd6 Rxd6 47. Ke3 Re6+ 48. Kd3 Bf1+ 49. Kd4 Re4+ 50. Kc3 Rxc4+ 51. Kb3 Rc1 52. Kb2 Re1 53. Ka2 Bc4+ 54. Kb2 Re2+ 55. Kc3 Ba6 56. h3 Re3+ 57. Kd4 Rxg3 58. Kc5 Bf1 59. Kd4 gxf4 60. Ke5 Bxh3 61. Kxf4 Rg1 62. Bd4 Rf1+ 63. Kg3 Rh1 64. Kh4 Bf1+ 65. Kg3 Rg1+ 66. Bxg1 Be2 67. Kf2 Bc4 68. Kf3 h5 69. Kf4 Be6 70. Bf2 Kc6 71. Kg5 Kd5 72. Kxh5 f4 73. Kg5 Ke5 74. Bh4 f3 75. Bf2 Kd5 76. Kf4 Kc4 77. Kxf3 Bd5+ 78. Kf4 Kd3 79. Ke5=
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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