Challenge from Clive

C35: KGA: Cunningham Defence
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 06/29/2018
2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Bg4 7. Bxf4 a6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Rxf3 h6 10. Bg3 Bf6 11. c3 Qe7 12. Nd2 Na5 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Qc2 Bh4 15. Bxh4 Qxh4 16. Raf1 Nd8 17. Rf4 Qe7 18. Bc4 f6 19. e5 Ne6 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Qg6+ Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. R4f2 Ke7 24. d5 Ng5 25. Re2+ Kd7 26. a4 Rhe8 27. Rfe1 Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Re8 29. Rf2 Nge4 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Rf7+ Re7 32. Rf8 c6 33. Rb8 Kc7 34. Rf8 Nf6 35. dxc6 Kxc6 36. b4 b5 37. axb5+ axb5 38. Bf1 Nd5 39. c4 bxc4 40. Bxc4 Nxb4 41. Rc8+ Rc7 42. Rb8 Nc2 43. Bb5+ Kc5 44. Bd3 Nd4 45. Ra8 Ne6 46. Ra5+ Kd4 47. Bf5 Nc5 48. Ra1 Ke5 49. Bg4 Nd3 50. Ra5+ Kf4 51. Rf5+ Ke4 52. Ra5 Nc5 53. Bf3+ Ke5 54. Ra1 Nb3 55. Re1+ Kf6 56. Bd5 Rc1 57. Rxc1 Nxc1 58. Bc4 d5 59. Bxd5= Nd3 60. Be4 Nc5 61. Bc2 g5 62. Kf2 h5 63. Ke3 h4 64. Kf3 Nd7 65. Ke4= Ne5 66. Bd1 Ng6 67. Bh5 Nf4 68. Bf3 Ke6=
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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