Challenge from JohnCharlesLewis

C41a: Philidor Defence
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 09/05/2019
2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. c3 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O exd4 9. cxd4 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nc3 f6 13. a3 Bf7 14. b4 Ncb8 15. b5 a6 16. Be3 a5 17. a4 c6 18. d5 Ne5 19. Nd4 cxb5 20. Ncxb5 Nc4 21. Bf4 Qb6 22. Ra2 Nd7 23. Qc1 Rac8 24. Nf5 Rfe8 25. Rc2 Qc5 26. Rd1 Qb4 27. Bf1 Nde5 28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29. Bxe5 fxe5 30. Bxc4 Bg6 31. f3 Qc5+ 32. Kg2 Rf8 33. h4 h6 34. h5 Be8 35. Kg3 Bxb5 36. axb5 Qa7 37. Rb2 Ref7 38. b6 Qb8 39. Rd3 Qd8 40. Qa1 Qg5 41. Qxa5 Qf4+ 42. Kf2 Qh2+ 43. Ke1 Qxb2 44. Qd2 Qxb6 45. Ke2 Qg1 46. Qe1 Qxe1+ 47. Kxe1 Rxf3 48. Rd1 Re3+ 49. Be2 Ra8 50. Rb1 Rxe4 51. Rxb7 Ra1+ 52. Kf2 Ra2 53. Kf3 Rf4+ 54. Ke3 Ra3+ 55. Kd2 Ra2+ 56. Ke3 Raa4 57. Rb3 Rad4 58. Bf3 Rf8 59. Be4 Rd1 60. Bd3 Rg1 61. Rb6 Rd8 62. Bf5 Kf8 63. Be6 Ke7 64. Ke4 Rf1 65. Ke3 Kf6 66. Ke2 Ra1 67. Kf3 Raa8 68. Rc6 Ra3+ 69. Kg2 Rb8 70. Rc2 e4 71. Re2 Ke5 72. Kf2 Rbb3 73. Bg8 Rf3+ 74. Ke1 e3 75. Kd1 Rg3 76. Be6 Ra1+ 77. Kc2 Ra2+ 78. Kd3 Rxe2 79. Kxe2 Kd4 80. Bf5 Kc3 81. Be4 Kb2 82. Bf3 Kc3 83. Kxe3 Kb4 84. Kf4 Rg1 85. Be4 Kc5 86. Kf5 Kb6 87. Ke6 Rxg4 88. Bc2 Kc7 89. Bg6 Rb4 90. Kf7 Rd4 91. Kxg7 Rxd5 92. Kxh6 Re5 93. Kg7 Kd8 94. h6 Re1 95. h7 Rh1 96. h8=Q+ Rxh8 97. Kxh8 Kc7 98. Kg7 d5 99. Kf6 Kd6 100. Bd3 Kc5 101. Ke5 d4=
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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