Nothing out of the ordinary

A17: English: Anglo-Indian, 2.Nc3 e6
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move)
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6
Clock started on 05/11/2006
3. f3 Be7 4. d4 d5 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. d5 exd5 10. exd5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Bd3 Bf6 14. Qc5 Re8+ 15. Kd2 b6 16. Qf2 b5 17. c5 Qxd5 18. Rb1 Ba6 19. b3 Rad8 20. Qg3 b4 21. Bb2 Bxd3 22. Bxf6 Bxb1+ 23. Kc1 Qxc5+ 24. Kxb1 Qf5+ 25. Ka1 Qxf6+ 26. Kb1 Rc8 27. Rd1 Rc3 28. Qd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Re1+ 30. Kb2 Re2+ 31. Kb1 g5 32. Ra6 Rxg2 33. Rxa7 Rf3 34. Rc7 Rf1+ 35. Rc1 Rxc1+ 36. Kxc1 Rxh2 37. a4 g4 38. Kd1 Rf2 39. Ke1 Rf6 40. a5 g3 41. a6 Rxa6 42. Kf1 Ra3 43. Kg2 Rxb3 44. Kf1 Rc3 45. Ke1 b3 46. Kd2 Rc8 47. Ke2 b2 48. Kf3 Rc3+ 49. Kf4 g2 50. Ke5 b1=Q 51. Kd4 Qd3+ 52. Ke5 g1=Q 53. Kf4 Qgg3#
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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