Challenge from Clive

D02s: Queen's Pawn: 3.g3 c6
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. g3 d5
Clock started on 06/18/2018
2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd2 g6 7. Nh4 Be6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Qc1 O-O 10. Bh6 b5 11. a3 Ng4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. h3 Ngf6 14. Ng5 Bf5 15. Nf3 Re8 16. Nh4 Be6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bd5 20. f3 Qc7 21. Qf4 e5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5+ Rxe5 24. O-O-O Nb6 25. Nc3 Be6 26. f4 Re3 27. Rhg1 Bxh3 28. Rd6 Bd7 29. Na2 Rae8 30. Nb4 Nc4 31. Rdd1 Bg4 32. Rdf1 c5 33. Nd5 Re2 34. Nc3 R2e6 35. f5 gxf5 36. Nd5 Re5 37. Nf4 Nd6 38. Nd3 Re3 39. Nxc5 Ne4 40. Nxe4 fxe4 41. Rf4 Bf3 42. Nf5+ Kg6 43. Nxe3 h5 44. Rh4 Rc8 45. Nf1 f5 46. Nd2 Bg4 47. Nf1 Rd8 48. Ne3 Bf3 49. Rf4 Rf8 50. c4 bxc4 51. Nxc4 Rc8 52. b3 Be2 53. Kb2 Bxc4 54. bxc4 Rxc4 55. Kb3 Rd4 56. a4 a5 57. Rh4 Rb4+ 58. Ka3 Rd4 59. Rgh1 Rd3+ 60. Kb2 Rxg3 61. Rxh5 Rg2+ 62. Kc3 e3 63. Kd3 Ra2 64. Kxe3 Rxa4 65. Rh6+ Kg7 66. Ra6 Re4+ 67. Kf3 a4 68. Ra1 Rh4 69. R1xa4
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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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