May 1800+

C59d: Two Knights: Morphy, Steiner Variation
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 06/03/2015
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bc5 11. c3 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. d4 exd3 14. Nxd3 Ba6 15. Nd2 Rfe8 16. Nf3 Rad8 17. b4 Bb6 18. bxa5 Bxa5 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Bc5 Qe4 21. Re1 Nxc3 22. Bf1 Nxd1 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Rxd1 Bb6 25. Re1 Bxd3 26. Bxb6 axb6 27. Bxd3 Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 Ra8 29. Bb1 Kf8 30. Kf1 b5 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Nc2 c5 33. Ne3 g6 34. Kd3 Kd6 35. Kc3 h5 36. g3 h4 37. Kb3 Ke5 38. Kb2 Kd4 39. gxh4 Ra6 40. Ng4 Re6 41. Bc2 Re2 42. f4 f5 43. Ne5 Rg2 44. a3 Ke3 45. Kc3 Kxf4 46. Nd3+ Ke3 47. Nxc5 Rxh2 48. Nb7 Rd2 49. h5 gxh5 50. Bxf5 Rd4 51. Be6 h4 52. Bh3 Rc4+ 53. Kb2 Kf4 54. Nd6 Rc5 55. Bf1 Rd5 56. Nxb5 Kg4 57. Kc2 Rf5 58. Be2+ Kf4 59. Nc3 h3 60. Ba6 h2 61. Bb7 Ke3 62. Nd1+ Ke2 63. Nc3+ Kf1 64. Kd3 Rg5 65. Nd1 Rg3+ 66. Kd2 Rg2+ 67. Bxg2+ Kxg2 68. Ne3+ Kf3
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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