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C20: Open Game: Lopez/Mcleod Opening
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 02/18/2016
2. c3 Bc5 3. d4 exd4 4. b4 Bf8 5. Qxd4 Qf6 6. Qxf6 Nxf6 7. Bd3 g6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. h3 d6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bd3 h6 12. Be3 Nc6 13. a3 O-O-O 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. Be2 d5 16. Bd4 Nc6 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. bxc5 dxe4 19. Bc4 Ne5 20. Bb3 Nd3+ 21. Ke2 Bc6 22. Bxf7 g5 23. Be6+ Bd7 24. Bc4 Bf5 25. Ke3 Nd5+ 26. Kd4 Rhe8 27. Bb5 c6 28. Bc4 N5b4+ 29. Bd5 Rxd5+ 30. Kc4 a5 31. axb4 axb4 32. Ra8+ Kd7 33. Rxe8 Kxe8 34. g4 Be6 35. Nxe4 b5+ 36. Kb3 Re5+ 37. c4 Rxe4 38. f3 Bxc4+ 39. Kc2 Nxc5 40. fxe4 Nxe4 41. Nf3 Nc3 42. Nd4 Na4 43. Re1+ Kd7 44. Nb3 Bxb3+ 45. Kxb3 c5 46. Rd1+ Kc6 47. Rd8 Nc3 48. Rh8 Kd5 49. Rxh6 Ne4 50. Rb6 c4+ 51. Kxb4 Kd4 52. Kxb5 c3 53. Rc6 Kd3 54. Kb4 c2 55. Kb3 Nd2+ 56. Kb2 Nc4+ 57. Kc1 Ne3 58. Rd6+ Kc3 59. Rg6 Nd1 60. Rxg5 Nf2 61. Rc5+ Kd3 62. Rxc2 Nxh3 63. Rd2+ Ke4 64. Rh2 Nf4 65. g5 Kf5 66. g6=
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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