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A03: Bird: 1...d5 2.Nf3
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. f4 d5
Clock started on 10/26/2015
2. Nf3 f5 3. e3 e6 4. b3 Nf6 5. Bb2 Be7 6. Be2 a6 7. Ne5 O-O 8. O-O Ne8 9. Rf3 Bf6 10. d4 Bxe5 11. dxe5 c5 12. Rh3 Rf7 13. c4 Nc7 14. Nc3 g6 15. Bf3 b6 16. cxd5 Ra7 17. d6 Ne8 18. a4 Bd7 19. Ne2 Nc6 20. Kh1 Na5 21. g4 Ng7 22. Qe1 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Nxc6 24. g5 Qa8 25. Kg1 Nb4 26. Rd1 Qe4 27. Nc3 Qc2 28. Rd2 Qxb3 29. Qf1 Nc6 30. e4 Qb4 31. exf5 Nxf5 32. Qe1 Qxf4 33. Ne4 Kg7 34. Nf6 h5 35. gxh6+ Nxh6 36. Rf2 Qg5+ 37. Rg3 Qh4 38. Rfg2 Kf8 39. Qc1 Rg7 40. Rxg6 Nf5 41. Rxg7 Rxg7 42. Rxg7 Nxg7 43. Nd7+ Kg8 44. Nxb6 Qg4+ 45. Kf1 Qf5+ 46. Ke1 Qf3 47. Qxc5 Qh1+ 48. Kd2 Qxh2+ 49. Kc1 Qh1+ 50. Kc2 Nf5 51. d7 Qe4+ 52. Kb3 Qe3+ 53. Qxe3 Nxe3 54. Ba3 Nd5 55. Nxd5 exd5 56. Bb2 Kf7 57. Kc2 Ke7 58. Kd3 Kxd7 59. Ke3 Ke6 60. Kf4 Nb4 61. Bd4 Nd3+ 62. Ke3 Nxe5 63. Ba7 Nc6 64. Bc5 Ke5 65. Bb6 Kd6 66. Kd3 Ke6 67. Ke3 Kf5 68. Bc5 Ke5 69. Bb6 Kd6 70. Kf4 d4 71. Ke4 Nb4 72. Bxd4=
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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