Pyramid challenge from tonyalme

B72: Sicilian: Dragon, Classical Attack
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 c5
Clock started on 04/21/2008
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 a6 10. Rfe1 Qc7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nf6 13. c4 Ne4 14. Qd3 Nc5 15. Qa3 Bd7 16. b4 Ne4 17. Qd3 Nf6 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Rc1 e5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Red1 Rcd8 22. Bf3 Kh8 23. Ne2 e5 24. Ng3 Ba4 25. Re1 Bc6 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Bg5 d5 28. cxd5 Rxd5 29. Qb3 Qd7 30. Rc5 Rd4 31. Rcxe5 Nd5 32. R5e4 Qb5 33. Rxd4 Bxd4 34. Rf1 Nc3 35. Be3 Qd3 36. Re1 b5 37. h3 Bg7 38. Qe6 Qc4 39. Bc5 Qxe6 40. Rxe6 Ra8 41. a3 Kg8 42. h4 Na4 43. h5 Nxc5 44. bxc5 gxh5 45. Nxh5 Bb2 46. c6 Rc8 47. c7 Rxc7 48. Rxa6 Rc3 49. Ra5 Rb3 50. a4 b4 51. Ra8+ Kf7 52. Ra7+ Kg6 53. Nf4+ Kg5 54. Nd5 Be5 55. Kf1 Rb1+ 56. Ke2 b3 57. Ra5 Kg6 58. Rb5 b2 59. f4 Bd4 60. Ne7+ Kf7 61. Nf5 Bc3 62. Kd3 Rc1 63. Nd6+ Ke6 64. Ne4 b1=Q+ 65. Rxb1 Rxb1 66. Nxc3 Rg1 67. a5 Kf5 68. Nd5 Ra1 69. g3 Ra3+ 70. Kc4= Rxg3 71. a6= h5 72. Kb5 h4 73. a7 Ra3 74. Kb6 Ke4=
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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