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B15k: Caro-Kann: Gurgenidze: 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e5
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 c6
Clock started on 12/20/2012
2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e5 Nh6 6. Bf4 f6 7. Qd2 Nf7 8. exf6 exf6 9. Qe3+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. Re1+ Kd7 13. Be2 Bf5 14. Kd2 g5 15. Bxb8 Raxb8 16. Bd3 Be6 17. h3 h5 18. Re2 Rhe8 19. Rhe1 Nd6 20. b3 Bh6 21. Nh2 g4+ 22. Kd1 gxh3 23. gxh3 Bxh3 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxe8 Nxe8 26. Ne2 Ng7 27. Ng3 f5 28. Ke2 f4 29. Ngf1 Ne6 30. c3 b6 31. Nf3 c5 32. Ne5+ Kc7 33. Nf7 Bg7 34. dxc5 bxc5 35. c4 d4 36. f3 Kd7 37. Nd2 Ke7 38. Bg6 h4 39. Ne4 Bg2 40. Nfd6 Be5 41. Nf5+ Kd7 42. Nxh4 Bh3 43. Bf5 Bxf5 44. Nxf5 a5 45. Kd3 Bc7 46. Nf6+ Kc6 47. Nd5 Bb8 48. Nde7+ Kd7 49. Nd5 Ng5 50. Nh4 Kd6 51. Nxf4 Ke5 52. Nd5 Nh3 53. Ng6+ Kd6 54. f4 Ke6 55. Nf8+ Kf5 56. Nd7 Bd6 57. a3 Bxf4 58. Nxc5 Be5 59. Nb7 Nf2+ 60. Ke2 Ne4 61. Nxa5 Nc3+ 62. Kd3 Ne4 63. b4 Nd6 64. Nc6 Ke6 65. Nxd4+ Kd7 66. c5 Nc8 67. a4 Bb8 68. Kc4 Na7 69. b5 Nc8 70. a5 Bg3 71. c6+ Kd8 72. b6 Nd6+ 73. Kb4 Be1+ 74. Ka4 Bf2 75. Ne6+ Kc8 76. Ne7+ Kb8 77. c7+ Kb7 78. Nd8+ Ka6 79. b7 Ba7 80. c8=Q Nxc8 81. bxc8=Q#
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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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