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C49k: Four Knights: Symmetrical, Pillsbury Variation
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 07/20/2016
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 d5 10. exd5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nexd5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nf3 h6 14. Bh4 Bg4 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 g5 18. Bg3 e4 19. dxe4 Nxe4 20. c4 Rc8 21. cxd5 Qxd5 22. Rad1 Qc6 23. Re3 Re6 24. h4 Rce8 25. c3 Qa4 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Qg4 Qb5 28. Bf4 Rh6 29. Bh2 f5 30. Qf3 g4 31. Qf4 Rh5 32. Qc7 Rh7 33. Qf4 Rd7 34. Rde1 Qc5 35. Bg3 Rh7 36. Rd1 Rh5 37. Bh2 Kf7 38. Rd4 Qb5 39. Rb4 Qd5 40. Rd4 Qxa2 41. Rd7+ Kf6 42. Rd6+ Kg7 43. Rd7+ Kg8 44. Re1 b6 45. Qe3 Rc8 46. Be5 Rh7 47. Rxh7 Kxh7 48. Qf4 Kg6 49. Bd4 Re8 50. Be3 Qg8 51. Ra1 Re7 52. Ra4 Qh7 53. Rc4 Nc5 54. Qd6+ Re6 55. Qf4 Re8 56. Rd4 Ne4 57. Rc4 Nc5 58. Rd4 Ne4 59. Rc4 Nc5 60. Rd4 Ne4=
Draw

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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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