Challenge from lorne

C62: Spanish: Old Steinitz, 4.d4 Bd7
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 05/25/2021
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. d5 Nd4 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. h3 Be7 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc4 b6 12. Bf4 Qa4 13. b3 Qb4+ 14. Bd2 Qb5 15. e5 Nxd5 16. a4 Qe8 17. Qxd5 dxe5 18. O-O Bf6 19. Rfe1 Qc8 20. Nxe5 Qf5 21. c4 Rad8 22. Qc6 Bxe5 23. Ra2 Rxd2 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Rxa2 26. Rxe5 Rd8 27. Re7 g6 28. Rxc7 Rd3 29. Kg2 Rdd2 30. Rxa7 Rdb2 31. Rb7 Rxb3 32. Kg3 Rxa4 33. c5 Rc3 34. cxb6 Rc6 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. f4 Rb4 37. b7 Rcb6 38. Re8 Rxb7 39. h4 Rb3+ 40. Re3 R3b5 41. Kg4 Rh5 42. Kh3 Rb1 43. Kg4 Rh1 44. Rh3 f5+ 45. Kg3 Rg1+ 46. Kh2 Rg4 47. f3 Rxf4 48. Kg3 Ra4 49. Rh1 h6 50. Rh2 g5 51. hxg5 Rxg5+ 52. Kh3 Kg6 53. Re2 Rh5+ 54. Kg3 Kg5 55. Re5 Rah4 56. Kf2 Rh3 57. Re3 Rh2+ 58. Ke1 f4 59. Re5+ Kh4 60. Re2 Rh1+ 61. Kd2 Kg3 62. Re1 R1h2+ 63. Kd3 Kxf3 64. Kd4 Kf2 65. Rc1 f3 66. Ke4 R2h4+ 67. Kd3 Rd5+ 68. Kc2 Ke2 69. Kc3 Rc5+ 70. Kb2 Rb5+ 71. Ka3 Kd2 72. Rf1 Kc2 73. Rf2+ Kc1 74. Rxf3 Ra5+ 75. Kb3 Rha4 76. Rc3+ Kd1 77. Kb2 Ra2+ 78. Kb1 Ra1+ 79. Kb2 R5a2+ 80. Kb3 Kd2 81. Rc5 Ra3+ 82. Kb2 R3a2+ 83. Kb3 Ra6 84. Kb2 Rh1 85. Rc2+ Kd3 86. Rc3+ Kd4 87. Rc8 Rb6+ 88. Kc2 Rh2+ 89. Kc1 Rg6 90. Rc2 Rg1+ 91. Kb2 Rh5 92. Rd2+ Ke3 93. Rd6 Rg2+ 94. Kc1 Rc5+ 95. Kd1 Rg1#
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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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