Autumn attack! :)

D00h: Hodgson Attack, 2...h6
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. d4 d5
Clock started on 10/19/2017
2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 Nd7 4. e3 Ngf6 5. Nd2 a6 6. c4 e6 7. c5 c6 8. Be2 Be7 9. Ngf3 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Ng5 12. Ne1 e5 13. Rc1 e4 14. Bg4 Nf6 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. a3 Qd7 17. f4 Ne6 18. g3 Nc7 19. Ng2 Qh3 20. Qe2 Ne6 21. Nh4 Ng4 22. f5 Ng5 23. Rf4 Nf3+ 24. Nhxf3 exf3 25. Rxf3 O-O 26. Rf4 Nf6 27. Rcf1 Qh5 28. Qxh5 Nxh5 29. Rh4 Nf6 30. Nf3 Ne4 31. Ne5 Rc7 32. Rff4 Re7 33. Kg2 Rc7 34. Rfg4 Ng5 35. Nf3 f6 36. Rh5 Re7 37. h4 Nxf3 38. Kxf3 Kh7 39. e4 dxe4+ 40. Rxe4 Rfe8 41. Rxe7 Rxe7 42. g4 Re1 43. g5 fxg5 44. hxg5 Rd1 45. g6+ Kg8 46. Ke4 Rd2 47. b4 Kf8 48. Ke5 Ke7 49. Rh3 Re2+ 50. Kf4 Kf6 51. Rh5 Rf2+ 52. Ke4 Re2+ 53. Kf3 Ra2 54. Ke4 Rxa3 55. d5 cxd5+ 56. Kxd5 Rd3+ 57. Ke4 Rb3 58. Kd5 Rxb4 59. Kd6 a5 60. Rh3 Kxf5 61. Rf3+ Kxg6 62. Rg3+ Kf7 63. Rf3+ Kg8 64. Kc7 a4 65. Ra3 g5 66. c6 bxc6 67. Kxc6 Rf4 68. Kd5 Kg7 69. Ke5 Kg6 70. Rh3 h5 71. Rc3 Rf5+ 72. Ke4 Rf4+ 73. Ke5 Rf1 74. Ra3 Re1+ 75. Kd5 h4 76. Rxa4 Kh5 77. Kd4 h3 78. Ra2 Kh4 79. Kd3 g4 80. Kd2 Re8 81. Ra3 h2
Black win

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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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