This game is being played under Chess480 rules. Click the 'info' tab for more information.
1. e4 e5 Clock started on 01/18/2021
2. Nd3 c6 3. f3 f6 4. Bc5 d6 5. Be3 Bc7 6. Qf2 Bb6 7. O-O Ne6 8. Bxb6 Nxb6 9. f4 O-O-O 10. a4 Nd4 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qd6 13. Nd3 Bc4 14. a5 Na8 15. Ne3 Ba6 16. Nf5 Nxf5 17. Qxf5+ Kb8 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. Rxf4 Nc7 20. Kf2 Ne6 21. Rf3 Rhe8 22. h4 Nd4 23. Re3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Ne6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. d3 a6 27. Ba2 Nd4 28. c3 Nb5 29. d4 h6 30. Re1 Nc7 31. e5 fxe5 32. Rxe5 Rd7 33. Bc4 Nd5 34. Bxd5 cxd5 35. g4 Kc7 36. b4 Kc6 37. Ke3 Kb5 38. Kd3 Ka4 39. c4 Kxb4 40. Rxd5 Rc7 41. c5 Kxa5 42. c6+ Kb6 43. cxb7 Kxb7 44. Re5 Kb6 45. d5 Kc5 46. Ke4 Rd7 47. Re6 Rxd5 48. Rxa6 Rd4+ 49. Kf5 Rd7 50. Ra4 Rd6 51. Ke5 Rd5+ 52. Ke6 Rd6+ 53. Kf7 Rd7+ 54. Ke8 Rb7 55. Ra6 Kd5 56. Rg6 Ke5 57. h5 Kf4 58. Kf8 Rc7 59. Rxg7 Rc8+ 60. Kf7 Rc7+ 61. Kg8 Rxg7+ 62. Kxg7 Kxg4 63. Kxh6 Kh4 64. Kg6 White win
Chess480 is played with standard chess set, but the pieces are randomly shuffled on their starting positions.
Note for people knowing Chess960: the game is very similar, but applies different castling rules.
Rules of the game
The game applies the same rules as the standard chess, except randomly generated initial setup, and generalised castling rule.
Initial setup
Each new setup is determined by a computer program (or manual procedure) which assigns starting squares according to the following guidelines:
- White Pawns are placed as in the standard chess.
- All remaining white pieces are placed on the first rank.
- The white King is placed somewhere between the two white Rooks.
- The white Bishops are placed on opposite-colored squares.
- The black pieces are placed so they mirror white.
Castling
This is a move of the King and either Rook of the same colour on the same rank, counting as a single move of the King and executed as follows: the King is transferred from its original square two squares in the direction of the Rook (which may move the King over or into the Rook's original square), then that Rook is transferred to the square the King has just crossed (if it is not already there). If the King and Rook are adjacent in a corner and the King can not move two spaces towards the Rook, then the King and Rook exchange squares.
The right for castling has been lost:
- if the King has already moved, or
- with a Rook that has already moved
Castling is prevented temporarily
- if the square on which the King stands, or the square which it must cross, or the square which it is to occupy, is attacked by one or more of the opponent`s pieces.
- if there is any piece between the King and the Rook with which castling is to be effected.
Tips and tricks
Most of the advice presented in Chess960 article applies here.
Unless you happened to get setup with king in the center, you do not have true choice while castling - castling left from g1, or right from c1, very rarely makes sense (in both those examples the king goes to e1, not the best square to secure him). Remember about this effect while developing, do not weaken the side your king is to castle, think about disturbing opponent there.
Instructive games
Some example games:
Breaking the king position - black aggressively attacks the only place white could safely castle, in desperation white castles long, but it turns out that defending king in the centre is not an easy task,
Castling in the corner - note also, how white managed to efficiently develop, giving its bishop battery full strength (horrible black blunder shortened the game, but white had upper hand even without it),
Did you play or watch interesting/instructive Chess480 game? Please, link it here
Game Page Help
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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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".
- 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:
- 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.
- Hide Comments: this tab shows the moves of the game only, without the distraction of the comments shown on the game overview tab.
- 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".
- 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.
- Variant Information: this tab is available for some chess variants, it will show you a description of the variant.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
View this article in the Knowledge Base.