6th Annual Winter Solstice Dark Tournament

'Fast' (10 days + 1 day/move, max 30 days)
This game is being played under Dark Chess (King Capture Wins) rules. Click the 'info' tab for more information.
1. e4 d5
Clock started on 1/3/2021
2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe6 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. d3 Qxe2 6. Ngxe2 Nc6 7. Bd2 g6 8. O-O-O Bg7 9. Kb1 O-O 10. Re1 Rd8 11. Ng1 Bd7 12. Be2 h5 13. Bf3 a5 14. g3 Be6 15. Bg2 Ra6 16. f4 Ne8 17. Ne4 a4 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 a3 20. b3 Na5 21. Na4 Rda8 22. Nf3 c6 23. Nd2 b5 24. Nc3 Nb7 25. Nce4 Ned6 26. Nxd6 Nxd6 27. Bf3 Nb7 28. Re2 Na5 29. Ne4 Nb7 30. Nd2 Na5 31. Kc1 Nb7 32. Rd1 Na5 33. Be4 Nb7 34. c4 bxc4 35. dxc4 Na5 36. Bf3 Nb7 37. Ree1 Nd6 38. Ne4 Nxe4 39. Bxe4 R6a7 40. Bc2 Kh7 41. Rd2 Bc8 42. Rde2 e6 43. Rd2 f5 44. Bd1 Ba6 45. Re3 Bc8 46. Bf3 Ba6 47. Red3 Bc8 48. Rd6 Ba6 49. Kc2 Bc8 50. Kc3 Ba6 51. Rd1 Bc8 52. R6d3 Ba6 53. Rb1 Bc8 54. Kc2 Ba6 55. Rbd1=
Draw

(Under Construction)

See Dark1, however there are no checks or mates - the game is won by capturing your opponent's king.

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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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