Challenge from Guillote

E90a: King's Indian: 5.Nf3
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move)
1. d4
Clock started on 08/25/2006
1... d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. d5 Nd7 12. Qc2 Nc5 13. Rad1 e6 14. b3 a5 15. h3 Qd7 16. Rd2 a4 17. b4 Na6 18. a3 Rfe8 19. Nxa4 Nb8 20. b5 Qe7 21. Qb3 Nd7 22. Ree2 e5 23. Ra2 Ra7 24. Nc3 Nc5 25. Qc2 Rea8 26. a4 Bc8 27. Re1 h5 28. Bf1 g5 29. Nd2 h4 30. Nb3 Nd7 31. Rea1 Nf6 32. Nd2 Nh5 33. Be2 Nf4 34. Bf3 Qf6 35. Nb3 Nxh3+ 36. Kf1 g4 37. Bxg4 Bxg4 38. gxh3 Bxh3+ 39. Ke1 Bg2 40. f4 h3 41. Qf2 Bh6 42. Qg3+ Kf8 43. Rxg2 hxg2 44. Qxg2 Bxf4 45. Ke2 Ke7 46. Rf1 Rh8 47. Nc1 Rh2 48. Qxh2 Bxh2 49. Rxf6 Kxf6 50. Nd3 Ra8 51. Nf2 Kg5 52. Kf3 f6 53. Nh3+ Kh4 54. Kg2 Rg8+
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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