4th Birthday Challenge

D00d: Queen's Pawn: 2.e3
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. d4 d5
Clock started on 11/20/2017
2. e3 c6 3. Bd2 Nf6 4. c3 Bf5 5. g3 Be4 6. f3 Bg6 7. Na3 e6 8. b4 Qd6 9. Bg2 Bd3 10. Qc1 Be7 11. Nh3 Na6 12. Nf4 Bf5 13. h3 O-O 14. g4 Be4 15. c4 Nxb4 16. O-O Nd3 17. Qc3 Nxf4 18. exf4 Bg6 19. Rae1 Bd8 20. g5 Nh5 21. h4 Bb6 22. Bc1 Ng3 23. Rf2 Nf5 24. Rff1 Ng3 25. Rf2 Nf5 26. Bh3 c5 27. Nb5 cxd4 28. Nxd6 dxc3 29. Nxb7 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Nxh4 31. Na5 Bb1 32. Nb3 Bxa2 33. Na5 Bb1 34. Be3 Ng6 35. Rxb1 Rac8 36. Bxa7 Rc7 37. Bb6 Rcc8 38. Rc1 Nxf4 39. Bf1 d4 40. Bxd4 Ra8 41. Nc6 Ra2+ 42. Kg3 Nh5+ 43. Kh4 Rh2+ 44. Kg4 f5+ 45. gxf6 Nxf6+ 46. Kg3 Rh1 47. Bc5 Nh5+ 48. Kg2 Rh4 49. Ra1 Nf4+ 50. Kg3 Rc8 51. Kxh4 Rxc6 52. Ra8+ Kf7 53. Rf8+ Kg6 54. Be7 e5 55. Rd8 Rxc4 56. Bxc4 c2 57. Ba3 h5 58. Rd6+ Kf5 59. Bc1 g6 60. Rd2 g5+ 61. Kg3 h4+ 62. Kh2 g4 63. Rxc2 g3+ 64. Kg1 e4 65. Bd5 Nxd5 66. Rc5 Ke5 67. Bb2+ Kd6 68. Ba3 exf3 69. Rc8+ Ke5 70. Re8+ Kf4 71. Bc1+ Kg4 72. Rg8+ Kh3 73. Rg5 Nc3 74. Bd2 Ne2+ 75. Kf1 Nd4 76. Rd5 g2+ 77. Kf2 Nc2 78. Rd3 Kh2 79. Rxf3 g1=Q+ 80. Ke2 Qg2+ 81. Kd3 Qxf3+ 82. Kxc2 h3 83. Bc1 Kg2 84. Kd2 h2 85. Ke1 h1=Q+ 86. Kd2 Qh2 87. Kc2 Kg3+ 88. Kb1 Qfe2 89. Ka1 Qa2#
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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