Challenge from adriaan

D02k: Queen's Pawn: 2.Nf3 Nf6
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. d4 d5
Clock started on 06/01/2016
2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Ne5 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd2 Ne4 7. Bb5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bd6 9. Nf3 c6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. O-O Nxe4 14. Be3 Nxc3 15. Qd3 Nd5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bd2 f5 18. c4 Nf6 19. c5 Be7 20. Qe3 Ne4 21. Bb4 a5 22. Ba3 Bg5 23. Nxg5 Nxg5 24. Qc3 Ne4 25. Qc4 Nd2 26. Qe2 Nxf1 27. Qxf1 Qxd4 28. Rd1 Qa4 29. Rd3 Qe4 30. Re3 Qc2 31. Re2 Qa4 32. Bc1 Re8 33. Qe1 Qb4 34. Bd2 Qxc5 35. Be3 Qa3 36. Bb6 Ra6 37. Bc7 h6 38. Rd2 b5 39. Bd6 Qa4 40. h3 Qe4 41. Qd1 Bb7 42. f3 Qa4 43. Be5 Qxd1+ 44. Rxd1 a4 45. Rd7 Rc8 46. Rxb7 Rca8 47. Rxg7+ Kf8 48. Rg6 Kf7 49. Rxh6 Rd8 50. Rh7+ Kg6 51. Re7 c5 52. Rg7+ Kh6 53. Rf7 Rg8 54. Rf6+ Rg6 55. g3 Rxf6 56. Bxf6 Kg6 57. Bc3 Rd6 58. h4 Rd3 59. Be5 Rxf3 60. Kg2 Rd3 61. Kh3 a3 62. Bf4 Rf3 63. Kg2 Rd3 64. Kh3 c4 65. Kg2 c3 66. Bd6 Rxd6 67. Kf3 c2 68. g4 fxg4+ 69. Kxg4 Rd4+ 70. Kg3 c1=Q 71. Kf3 Qc3+ 72. Kf2 Rd2+
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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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