S01

A35f: English: Symmetrical, 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.e3 Bg7
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. Nf3 c5
Clock started on 5/28/2011
2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. O-O Nf6 8. d5 Na5 9. e4 O-O 10. Re1 Ng4 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. Qc2 a6 13. Nf3 Qb8 14. Bf4 b5 15. e5 Ne8 16. cxb5 dxe5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 axb5 19. Bxc5 b4 20. Nd1 Nd6 21. a3 bxa3 22. Rxa3 Nab7 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Ba3 Rc8 25. Nc3 Qa7 26. Qd3 Nc5 27. Qe3 Nf5 28. Qd2 Bh6 29. Qd1 Nd6 30. Nd2 f5 31. Bb4 Rb8 32. Ba3 Bg5 33. Nc4 Nce4 34. Nxe4 Nxe4 35. Rf1 Ba4 36. Qd3 Rb3 37. Qb1 Nc3 38. Qe1 Nxe2+ 39. Qxe2 Qa6 40. h4 Bxh4 41. Rc1 e4 42. Qd2 Qa7 43. Ne5 e3 44. fxe3 Qxe3+ 45. Qxe3 Rxe3 46. Rc8+ Kg7 47. Nf3 Bg3 48. Bb4 h6 49. Ra8 Rd3 50. Bc3+ Kf7 51. Rxa4 Rd1+ 52. Ne1 Bxe1 53. Rd4 Rc1 54. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 55. Kf2 Rc1 56. Rd2 Rc4 57. Ke3 Re4+ 58. Kd3 Kf6 59. Kc3 Ke5 60. b4 Kd6 61. Kb3 Re5 62. Kc4 g5 63. Ra2 Re4+ 64. Kc3 f4 65. Rd2 g4 66. Rd1 f3 67. gxf3 gxf3 68. b5 Kc5 69. Rf1 Rf4 70. Kd2 f2 71. Ke2 Kxb5 72. Rb1+ Kc4 73. Kf1 Kxd5 74. Rb5+ Ke4 75. Rb6 Rf6 76. Rb4+ Kd3 77. Rb5 Kd4 78. Rb4+ Kc3 79. Re4 e6 80. Re2 Kd3 81. Re5 Kd4 82. Ra5 e5 83. Ra4+ Kc3 84. Ra3+ Kb4 85. Re3 Rf5 86. Re4+ Kc3 87. Ra4 Rf4 88. Ra3+ Kd4 89. Ra4+ Kd5 90. Ra5+ Ke4
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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 Book: 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. 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.
  10. 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.

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