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A00v: Benko Opening
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. g3 e5
Clock started on 06/12/2018
2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 Bc5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nd2 Be6 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Bd2 Ne7 10. a4 c5 11. a5 Bc7 12. Nxc5 Bg4 13. Nxb7 Qc8 14. a6 Qf5 15. f3 Bh5 16. g4
Conditional Moves: 16... Bxg4 17. fxg4 Qxg4 18. Ng3
16... Nxg4 17. fxg4 Qxg4 18. Ng3 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Bb6 21. Bb4 Bxe3+ 22. Kf1 Bg5 23. Bxe7 Bxe7 24. Bxd5 Rac8 25. c4 Kh8 26. Nf5
Conditional Moves: 26... Bf6 27. Nfd6 Rc7 28. Nb5
26... Bg5 27. Nfd6 Rc7 28. Nxf7+ Rcxf7+ 29. Bxf7 Rxf7+ 30. Ke2 h5 31. Rf1 Rd7 32. b4 Re7 33. Kf3
Conditional Moves: 33... Rf7+ 34. Kg2 Rxf1 35. Kxf1
33... Bf4 34. Ke4 Bxh2 35. Rh1 Bf4 36. Rxh5+ Kg8 37. d4
Conditional Moves: 37... exd4+
37... g5 38. d5 Kg7 39. Nd6 Kg6 40. Rh6+ Kxh6 41. Nf5+ Kh5 42. Nxe7 g4 43. d6
Conditional Moves: 43... Bg5 44. Kxe5 g3 45. Ke6 g2 46. d7 g1=Q 47. d8=Q
43... g3 44. d7 g2 45. d8=Q g1=Q 46. Qh8+ Bh6 47. Qxe5+
Conditional Moves: 47... Bg5
47... Bg5 48. Kd5 Qd1+ 49. Kc5 Qg1+ 50. Kd5 Qb6 51. Qd6 Qe3 52. Qg6+ Kg4 53. Qe4+ Qxe4+ 54. Kxe4 Bxe7 55. c5 Bd8 56. Kd5 Kf5 57. Kc6 Ke6 58. Kb7 Kd7 59. Kxa7 Kc6 60. Kb8 Bc7+ 61. Kc8
Conditional Moves: 61... Bb6 62. cxb6 Kxb6 63. b5 Ka7 64. Kd7
61... Bf4 62. a7 Kb5 63. a8=Q Kxb4 64. c6 Kc5 65. c7 Bxc7 66. Kxc7 Kd4 67. Kd6
Conditional Moves: 67... Kc4 68. Qe4+ Kc3 69. Kc5 Kb3 70. Qd3+ Kb2 71. Kb4 Kc1 72. Qe2 Kb1 73. Kb3 Kc1 74. Qe1#
67... Ke3 68. Ke5 Kd3 69. Qa4
Conditional Moves: 69... Ke3 70. Qb3+
69... Kc3 70. Ke4 Kd2 71. Qb3 Ke2 72. Qc2+ Kf1 73. Kf3 Kg1 74. Qg2#
White 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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