Challenge from Kwame

A06: Reti: Old Indian Attack
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. d3 d5
Clock started on 06/30/2016
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 Nge7 6. e4 b6 7. Be2 O-O 8. d4 a6 9. Nb3 Nb8 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. O-O Nbc6 12. Ne1 Ng6 13. Bf3 a5 14. Nc1 Ba6 15. c3 Qc8 16. Ncd3 Qd8 17. Qa4 Nce7 18. Rc1 Bb7 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bg4 Ba6 21. h4 c6 22. Qb3 b5 23. Qc2 e5 24. Be3 Bc7 25. Be6+ Kh8 26. Bg4 Bb7 27. Rd1 Qd6 28. Qe2 Ba6 29. b3 dxe4 30. Nb2 Rg8 31. Qc2 Qd5 32. c4 Qd7 33. Bxd7 Rgd8 34. Bh3 f5 35. h5 Nf8 36. Bg5 Re8 37. Qd2 Nc8 38. g4 Nd6 39. c5 Nb7 40. h6 Nd7 41. gxf5 Rg8 42. f3 exf3 43. Rxf3 Rae8 44. Rf2 Ref8 45. Be7 Re8 46. Bg5 b4 47. Bg2 Nb8 48. Bh3 Nd7 49. d5 Ndxc5 50. Qe3 Nd6 51. Re2 Ndb7 52. Rf2 Bb6 53. Na4 Nd7 54. Nxb6 Nb8 55. Kh2 Rd8 56. Qxe5 Rde8 57. Qc7 Nc5 58. f6 Ref8 59. Re2 Bxe2 60. hxg7+ Rxg7 61. fxg7+ Kg8 62. Rc1 Nba6 63. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 64. Nd7+ Kf7 65. Qd6 Ne4 66. Rxc6 Nxg5 67. Rxa6 Nf3+ 68. Nxf3 Bxf3 69. Kg3 Be4 70. Ra8 Bb1 71. Ne5+ Kg7 72. Qe6 Bxa2 73. Qf6+ Kxf6 74. Nd7+ Ke7 75. Nb6 Bxb3 76. Rxa5 Bc2 77. Rb5 b3 78. Nc8+ Kf6 79. d6 Kf7 80. d7 Kf8 81. d8=Q+ Kf7 82. Rxb3 Bxb3 83. Nd6+ Kg6 84. Qh4 Bc2 85. Ne8 Ba4 86. Qxa4 h5 87. Qf4 Kh7 88. Qg5 h4+ 89. Kxh4 Kh8 90. Qg6
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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