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B54b: Sicilian: Open, 2...d6, 4...e5
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 c5
Clock started on 01/29/2007
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Nc3
oundsr: Lifeline, clock reset to 10 days
8... Nc6 9. O-O Rd8 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 h6 13. Rd2 a6 14. Rfd1 b5 15. Nh4 Ng4 16. Nf5 Nxe3 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxe3 Nd4 19. Nd5 Qe6 20. c3 Nc6 21. Qb6 Nb8 22. Nb4 Rfe8 23. b3 Qc8 24. Nd5
oundsr: Lifeline, clock reset to 10 days
24... Qc6 25. Qxc6 Nxc6 26. Nc7 Re7 27. Nxa6 Ra7 28. Nb4 Nxb4 29. cxb4 Ra6 30. g3 Kf8 31. Kf1 Ke7 32. Ke2 Rda8 33. Ke3 Rxa2 34. Rxd6 Rb2 35. R1d3 Raa2 36. R6d5 f6 37. Rxb5 Kf7 38. f4 exf4+ 39. gxf4 Rxh2 40. Rb7+ Kg6 41. Kd4 Rhg2 42. b5 h5 43. f5+ Kh6 44. b6 h4 45. Rh3 Kh5 46. Rc7 Ra8 47. Kd5 Kg4 48. Rhc3 Kf4 49. b7 Rb8 50. Kc6 Kxe4 51. Rc4+ Kxf5 52. Rxh4 g5 53. Rc4 g4 54. Rc8
oundsr: Lifeline, clock reset to 10 days
54... Rxb7 55. Kxb7 g3 56. R8c5+ Kg6 57. Rc1 f5 58. Rb1 f4 59. b4 f3 60. b5 f2 61. b6 Rg1 62. Rcc1 Rxc1 63. Rxc1 g2 64. Kc8 g1=Q 65. Rxg1+ fxg1=Q 66. b7= Qc5+ 67. Kd7 Qb6 68. Kc8 Qc6+ 69. Kb8 Kf7 70. Ka7 Qa4+ 71. Kb6 Qb4+ 72. Kc7 Qc5+ 73. Kd8 Qb6+ 74. Kc8 Qc6+
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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