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C55h: Two Knights: 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O
'Leisure' (30 days + 3 days/move, max 60 days)
Clock started on 06/20/2020
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Ba2 c5 9. b4 cxb4 10. cxb4 Nc6 11. b5 Nb4 12. Bc4 Bg4 13. Nbd2 a5 14. bxa6 Nxa6 15. Ba3 Nd7 16. h3 Bh5 17. Nb1 Nb6 18. Bb3 Rc8 19. Qe2 Nc7 20. Rc1 Bg5 21. Rf1 Be7 22. a5 Nd7 23. Nbd2 Ra8 24. Bb4 Na6 25. Bc3 Ndc5 26. Bc4 Ne6 27. Rfb1 Rc8 28. Rxb7 Nf4 29. Qf1 Nc5 30. Rbb1 d5 31. exd5 Ncxd3 32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33. Nxe5 Bd6 34. Nef3 Qf6 35. g3 Bxf3 36. Nxf3 Nxh3+ 37. Qxh3 Qxf3 38. Rb3 Qf6 39. Ra4 Bc5 40. Qg2 Rb8 41. a6 Rxb3 42. Bxb3 Rb8 43. d6 Qxd6 44. Qf3 Qf6 45. Bd5 Qxf3 46. Bxf3 Rb2 47. a7 Bxf2+ 48. Kf1 Bxa7 49. Rxa7 Rb1+ 50. Kf2 Rb2+ 51. Ke1 Rb1+ 52. Ke2 Rb2+ 53. Kd3 g6 54. Bd5 Rf2 55. Ra3 h5 56. Ke3 Rf5 57. Bc4 Rg5 58. Kf3 Rc5 59. Bd3 Rc7 60. Ra8+ Kg7 61. Ra5 Rc3 62. Ke4 f5+ 63. Kd4 Rb3 64. Ke3 Rb4 65. Ra6 Rg4 66. Ra7+ Kh6 67. Kf2=
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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