This game is being played under Dark CrazyHouse 2 rules. Click the 'info' tab for more information.
Clock started on 1/27/2010
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Be6 4. e4 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Bxc4 6. b3 Ba6 7. Bb2 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 P@d6 11. c4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. P@d4 exd4 14. Bxd4 f6 15. P@e5 fxe5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Re1 P@f6 19. P@d4 Bd6 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. N@e4 P@f6 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. B@c2 B@f7 24. Rb1 N@c7 25. Re3 b6 26. Rg3 Bc8 27. N@f5 Bxf5 28. Bxf5 g6 29. Be6 Nxe6 30. dxe6 Bxe6 31. B@d5 Bxd5 32. Qxd5+ P@f7 33. Rf3 N@e7 34. Qd2 P@c6 35. Re1 f5 36. B@e3 B@g7 37. P@h6 Bf6 38. N@d5 Nxd5 39. cxd5 cxd5 40. Qxd5 Rc8 41. Qd2 P@c7 42. Rg3 B@a8 43. Bg5 Bxg5 44. Qxg5 Qxg5 45. Rxg5 B@h8 46. Rg3 f6 47. N@f3 e4 48. Ng5 fxg5 49. Rxg5 B@a1 50. B@e3 Bhb2 51. P@h5 N@h8 52. hxg6 Nxg6 53. Rxg6+ hxg6 Black win
Dark Crazyhouse 2 is even more dark, than DarkCrazyHouse; you can only drop pieces on 'visible' squares, and you do not know, which squares are empty.
Game rules
The game is played according to the CrazyHouse rules - the pieces are initially set up in standard way, the pieces you capture become yours, and can be dropped on the board, the game ends in checkmate, etc.
Captured pieces can be dropped on any empty square, including checking the King. Pawns cannot be dropped on the 1st or 8th rank, and if a promoted pawn is captured, it reverts back to a pawn.
The board is partially hidden. The following visibility rules are in place:
- all your pieces are visible,
- squares available to your pieces (squares where your pieces can move, or capture) - including attacked enemy pieces, if any - are visible,
- you can see which pieces you have taken (and have at hand),
- you can see which pieces your opponent have taken (and have at hand).
Dark Crazyhouse 2 fog of war examples
To make visibility rules more clear, here are a few examples.
The board on the beginning of the game (white player view):
Another board after a few initial moves (note how white pieces make some squares visible):
Game Hints
See LaoTzuChess (which has the same rules, but randomized initial position).
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 Book: 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.
- Share: The share tab will allow you to share your game on social media (if someone becomes a member by following one of your links, you will be rewarded with a complimentary extension to your full membership); you can also download the game as either an animated GIF or in PGN format, and you can copy the current position to your clipboard in FEN format.
- 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.
- 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.
View this article in the Knowledge Base.