The Kieseritzky for experts

C39: KGA: Kieseritsky, Salvio (Rosenthal) Defence
'Leisure' (30 days + 3 days/move, max 60 days)
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5
Clock started on 03/12/2009
5... Qe7 6. d4 d6 7. Nxg4 Qxe4+ 8. Qe2 Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. Be2 h5 11. Nf2 Nh6 12. d5 Na6 13. Nd3 Nf5 14. Bxf4 Nxh4 15. Kf2 Ng6 16. Bd2 h4 17. Nc3 Bd7 18. Ne4 O-O-O 19. Bc3 f6 20. Rae1 Ne5 21. b4 Rdg8 22. b5 Nb8 23. Nd2 Bf5 24. Nf3 Nbd7 25. Nxh4 Be4 26. Nf4 Bxc2 27. Bd1 Bh7 28. Nf3 Nc5 29. Kg1 Bf8 30. Nh5 Ne4 31. Bd4 Bg6 32. Nf4 Rxh1+ 33. Kxh1 Ng3+ 34. Kh2 Bb1 35. Bf2 Ne4 36. Bd4 Rh8+ 37. Kg1 Ng3 38. Kf2 Rg8 39. Bb3 Bh7 40. Be3 Bf5 41. Nxe5 dxe5 42. Ne6 Bd6 43. Rc1 Kb8 44. Nc5 Bxc5 45. Bxc5 Ne4+ 46. Kf1 Nxc5 47. Rxc5 Be4 48. Rc3 Bxg2+ 49. Kf2 Rg7 50. Rd3 Be4 51. Rh3 Rh7 52. Rg3 Kc8 53. Bc4 Rh2+ 54. Kg1 Rb2 55. Ra3 Rc2 56. Bb3 Rc1+ 57. Kf2 Kb8 58. Ba4 Ra1 59. Ke3 f5 60. Bb3 Rh1 61. Ra4 Rh2 62. Rb4 b6 63. Bc4 Rh3+ 64. Kf2 f4 65. Ke1 Rh1+ 66. Kf2 Rh2+ 67. Ke1 Bf5 68. d6 cxd6 69. Bd5 Bg4 70. a4 Re2+ 71. Kf1 Rd2 72. Bh1 Rd1+ 73. Kg2 d5 74. Kh2 d4 75. Bd5 d3 76. Rb2 Rc1 77. Be4 Bf3 78. Bxf3 Rc2+ 79. Kh3 Rxb2 80. Kg4 Kc7 81. Kf5 Re2 82. Bg4 Re1 83. Bh5 d2 84. Kg5 Rf1 85. Be2 f3 86. Bxf1 d1=Q 87. Bh3 f2 88. Kh4 Qxa4+ 89. Kg5 Qf4+
Black win

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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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