Challenge from Clive

A80m: Dutch: 2.Nc3 Nf6
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. d4 f5
Clock started on 02/01/2020
2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bd2 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Qc1 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qe3 O-O 9. Ne5 Bg5 10. f4 Bh4+ 11. Kd1 Nc6 12. Nf3 Bf6 13. Ne5 Be7 14. Qf2 d6 15. Nc4 Bf6 16. e3 d5 17. Nd2 a6 18. Be2 b5 19. a3 Na5 20. h4 Rc8 21. b4 Nc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Kc1 Rb8 24. Na4 Be7 25. c3 Bc6 26. Nc5 Bxc5 27. dxc5 Qf6 28. Kb2 a5 29. Kc2 Ba4+ 30. Kb2 e5 31. fxe5 Qxe5 32. Nf3 Qf6 33. Nd4 c6 34. g3 Rb7 35. Rhf1 g6 36. Qf4 Re7 37. Rae1 Kg7 38. Qg5 Qxg5 39. hxg5 axb4 40. cxb4 Re4 41. Rf4 Rfe8 42. Rxe4 Rxe4 43. Kc3 Rg4 44. Rg1 h5 45. gxh6+ Kxh6 46. Nf3 Re4 47. Rh1+ Kg7 48. Kd2 c3+ 49. Kd3 c2 50. Nd4 Rg4 51. Rg1 Kf6 52. Ne2 Ke5 53. Nf4 g5 54. Nh5 Rc4 55. Rc1 d4 56. exd4+ Rxd4+ 57. Kc3 Rd1 58. Rxc2 Bxc2 59. Kxc2 Rh1 60. Ng7 f4 61. gxf4+ gxf4 62. Kd2 Ke4 63. Ne6 Rh2+ 64. Ke1 Ke3 65. Kf1 f3 66. Kg1 Ra2 67. Ng5 Ra1+ 68. Kh2 f2
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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