Challenge from aelawton

C45e: Scotch: Steinitz Variation
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move)
1. e4
Clock started on 02/19/2006
1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nxc6 Qxe4+ 6. Qe2 Qxe2+ 7. Bxe2 dxc6 8. O-O Bf5 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. Be3 Bxc2 11. Bxa7 g6 12. Nc3 Ba3 13. bxa3 Nf6 14. Bf3 Rd3 15. Ne2 Nd5 16. Rac1 Ba4 17. Be3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Rxa3 19. Nc3 Rd8 20. Nxa4 Rxa4 21. Ra1 Rd6 22. e4 Rd2 23. Re2 Rxe2 24. Bxe2 Rxe4 25. Bf3 Rc4 26. Bd1 f5 27. Bb3 Rd4 28. Re1 Rd8 29. Re7 Rh8 30. Rg7 Re8 31. Rxh7 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Re4 33. Kf3 g5 34. Be6+ Rxe6 35. h3 f4 36. Rg7 Re5 37. Kg4 Re2 38. Kf3 Re5 39. Rh7 Re3+ 40. Kg4 Re5 41. Rg7 Re2 42. Rxg5 Rxg2+ 43. Kxf4 Rf2+ 44. Kg3 Rxa2 45. h4 Kd7 46. h5 b5 47. h6 Ra3+ 48. Kg4 Ra4+ 49. Kf5 Rh4 50. Kg6 Re4 51. h7 Re6+ 52. Kh5 Re1 53. Kh6 Re6+ 54. Rg6 Re8 55. Rg7+ Kd6 56. Rg8 Re3 57. h8=Q Rh3+ 58. Kg5 Rxh8 59. Rxh8 Kd7 60. Kf4 c5 61. Rh6 c4 62. Ke4 b4 63. Kd4 c3 64. Kc4 c5 65. Kb3 Kc7 66. Kc4 Kd7 67. Rh5 c2 68. Rh1 Kc6 69. Rc1 Kb7 70. Rxc2 Kc6 71. Rd2 b3 72. Kxb3 Kb7 73. Rd6 Kc7 74. Rh6 Kb7 75. Kc4 Kc8 76. Rh7 Kb8 77. Kxc5 Kc8 78. Kc6 Kd8 79. Rd7+ Ke8 80. Rd5 Ke7 81. Rd6 Kf7 82. Kd7 Kg7 83. Ke7 Kg8 84. Rg6+ Kh7 85. Kf7 Kh8 86. Rh6#
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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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