Challenge from Kwame

C41k: Philidor: 3...exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 09/22/2018
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nd2 Bg4 6. f3 Bd7 7. Nf5 Nc6 8. b3 Bxf5 9. exf5 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Qe2 Ne5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. g4 Nb8 15. h4 Nfd7 16. Nc4 Bf6 17. Qf2 Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Nc6 19. Be4 Qf6+ 20. c3 Rab8 21. Qe3 a6 22. Qf4 Nce5 23. g5 Nxc4+ 24. bxc4 Qe7 25. Bd5 c6 26. Be4 Ne5 27. f6 Qe6 28. fxg7 Nxc4+ 29. Kc2 Rbd8 30. Rhe1 Ne5 31. h5 Qxa2+ 32. Kc1 Qa3+ 33. Kd2 Nc4+ 34. Ke2 Qb2+ 35. Kd3 Ne5+ 36. Ke3 Qxc3+ 37. Kf2 Qc5+ 38. Qe3 Qxe3+ 39. Rxe3 a5 40. Ra3 Nc4 41. Ra2 Kxg7 42. Rc2 d5 43. h6+ Kg8 44. Re1 b5 45. Kg3 dxe4 46. fxe4 Rd3+ 47. Kf2 Rh3 48. Kg2 Rh5 49. Rd1 Rxg5+ 50. Kf3 Ne5+ 51. Kf2 Kf8 52. Ra2 a4 53. Ke2 Nc4 54. Kd3 Rg3+ 55. Kd4 Rd8+ 56. Kc5 Rc8 57. Re2 Rg5+ 58. Kb4 Ne5 59. Ka3 Rh5 60. Red2 Rxh6 61. Rg1 Nc4+ 62. Ka2 Nxd2 63. Re1 Re6 64. Kb2 Nc4+ 65. Kc3 Ra8 66. Kc2 Rae8 67. Kd3 a3 68. Ra1 Rxe4 69. Kc3 Re3+ 70. Kb4 h5 71. Kc5 R8e6 72. Rd1 R3e5+ 73. Kb4 Rd5 74. Kc3 Re3+ 75. Kc2 Rxd1 76. Kxd1 a2 77. Kc1 a1=Q+ 78. Kc2 Na3+ 79. Kd2 Qe1#
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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