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B32u: Sicilian: Loewenthal, Kalashnikov, 6.c4 Be7 7.Be2
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 c5
Clock started on 01/12/2019
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. Be2 Be6 8. O-O Nf6 9. N1c3 a6 10. Na3 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxe2+ 12. Nxe2 O-O 13. f3 Rc8 14. Rc1 h5 15. Qd2 h4 16. h3 Nh7 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Qd7 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. e5 d5 21. Rf4 Rfd8 22. Rg4 dxc4 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Rgxc4 Rxc4 25. Nxc4 Rd5 26. Bb6 Bc5+ 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Rc3 Nf8 29. Nb6 Rxe5 30. Rc4 Rb5 31. Na4 g5 32. Rc5 Rxc5 33. Nxc5 Kf7 34. Kf2 e5 35. Nxb7 Nd7 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. Nd8+ Kf5 38. Nf7 Nf6 39. Nh6+ Ke6 40. Ng4 Nd5+ 41. Kf2 Nb4 42. Kf3 Nd3 43. Ke4 Nxb2 44. Nxe5 Nd1 45. Kd4 Kf5 46. Nd3 Kf6 47. Kc5 Ne3 48. Ne1 Kf5 49. Kd4 Nd1 50. Nf3 Kf4 51. a4 a5 52. Ne1 Kg3 53. Nf3 Nb2 54. Nxg5 Nxa4 55. Kc4 Kxg2 56. Kb5 Nc3+ 57. Kxa5 Ne2 58. Kb4 Nf4 59. Kc3 Nxh3 60. Ne6 Kg3 61. Kd2 Kf2 62. Kd1 Ng1 63. Nf4 Kf3 64. Ke1 Kxf4 65. Kf2 Nh3+ 66. Kg2 Kg4 67. Kh2 Nf4 68. Kg1 Kg3 69. Kh1 h3 70. Kg1 Nd3 71. Kh1 Nf2+
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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