just another one :-)

D30j: QGD: 3.Nf3 c6
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. d4 d5
Clock started on 11/22/2012
2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bg5 f6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Ne7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. a4 Qb4 12. Qc2 a6 13. Rfb1 Bb7 14. b3 cxb3 15. Rxb3 Qa5 16. Rbb1 Qc7 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Bc4 Kf7 19. Bd3 Ng6 20. Ne2 Rd8 21. Ra3 Kg8 22. e5 Qf7 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Ng3 Nd7 25. Ne4 Nb6 26. Nd6 Rxd6 27. exd6 Rd8 28. Qc2 Rxd6 29. Qc5 Nc4 30. Rc3 Rd5 31. Qa7 Bc8 32. Qb8 Qd7 33. h4 Kh7 34. Ra1 Qb7 35. Qxb7 Bxb7 36. Kh2 Kg8 37. Rc2 Kf7 38. Re1 Ke7 39. Rce2 Bc8 40. Rc1 a5 41. Kg3 Bd7 42. Ra2 Kd6 43. Rcc2 Bc8 44. Ra1 Rf5 45. Rac1 Bd7 46. Ra2 Rh5 47. Rc3 Bc8 48. Rac2 Bb7 49. Kg4 Nb6 50. axb5 cxb5 51. Rc7 Be4 52. Rc1 a4 53. Rxg7 Nc4 54. Ra7 Rd5 55. Ra6+ Ke7 56. Re1 Rd6 57. Ra7+ Rd7 58. Ra6 a3 59. Kf4 Bd5 60. g4 b4 61. g5 f5 62. h5 gxh5 63. g6 Kf6 64. Ng5 Re7 65. Rb1 Nb2 66. Rg1 Kg7 67. Nf3 Nc4 68. Rb1 Bxf3 69. Kxf3 Nd2+
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 Information: 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. 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.
  • Download Game: This button will allow you to download the game in PGN format.
  • Copy Position: This button will copy the position to your clipboard.
  • 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.
  • Analysis Board: This button will show the Analysis Board (see above).

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