Challenge from Synx

Full House
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
This game is being played under Full House rules. Click the 'info' tab for more information.
1. P@d3 P@c6
Clock started on 11/28/2009
2. P@f3 P@e6 3. P@e4 P@g6 4. N@e3 P@d5 5. P@c4 B@c5 6. P@d4 N@c3 7. B@b4 P@e5 8. R@a3 Q@d6 9. N@b6 R@b5 10. P@b3 R@f4 11. B@a4 P@g5 12. Q@g3 P@h4 13. R@h3 N@f5 14. P@g4 P@a5 15. P@a6 B@f6 16. Nxc3 hxg3 17. Nxa8 Rxb4 18. hxg3 h5 19. gxf4 Nxe3 20. dxe3 Bxd4 21. Nxc7+ Q8xc7 22. exd4 exd4 23. gxh5 gxh5 24. Rxh5 Nh6 25. axb7 Bxb7 26. fxg5 Bxg5 27. Rxg5 dxc3 28. bxc3 Rxa4 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Rxa4 dxe4 31. fxe4 Qxc3+ 32. Bd2 Qb2 33. Raxa5 a6 34. Rb1 Qbd4 35. e3 Q4b6 36. Rae5 f6 37. Nf3 fxg5 38. Ra5 e5 39. Rxe5 Nf7 40. Rf5 Rxh1 41. c4 Nc6 42. Bc3 Nb4 43. c5 Qdxc5 44. Rxc5 Qxc5 45. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 46. Qd2 Qxd2+ 47. Kxd2 g4 48. Nd4 g6 49. a4 Bg7 50. b4 Ne5 51. g3 e6 52. f4 Ke7 53. b5 Nf7 54. bxa6 Bxa6 55. a5 Nd6 56. Rb6 Rxf1 57. Rxa6 Ra1 58. Nb3 Ra2+ 59. Ke1 Bc3+ 60. Kf1 Nb7 61. f5 gxf5 62. Nc1 Ra1 63. Ke2 Rxc1 64. exf5 exf5 65. e4 fxe4 66. dxe4 Nxa5 67. Kd3 Nc6 68. Ke3 Be5 69. Ra2 Rc3+ 70. Kd2 Rxg3 71. Ke2 Nd4+ 72. Kf2 Bf4 73. Ra4 Rd3 74. e5 g3+ 75. Kg2 Rd2+ 76. Kh3 g2
Black win

 

62 pieces on normal 64-square board. This game was invented by surfnsuds and as far as we know is unique to SchemingMind.

 

Rules

Start by switching to your materials list. You'll see a nearly complete set of reserve pieces. Only the king is missing. During the first phase of the game, we take turns placing all our pieces on the board. The only restriction is that we may not check the opponent's king. Then we play chess by regular rules.

 

Example position after all pieces are placed (rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/PPpPPrPN/1pPBnQnb/1pBrpRPq/pbpPpRpN/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR)

Example position after all pieces are placed

 

Strategy

Black's king is vulnerable to attack at F7 and so must respond to attacks there. Likewise, if black is not defending against such an attack, white may be attacked similarly at F2. So far, it has not been demonstrated that there exists a forced win. However, players may optionally agree to a truce on those squares, in order to try other more creative attacks.

 

Example games

Pile up against f7 - typical attack against f7

Playing black. - Example of how to defend and win as black.

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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:

  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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