Challenge from Davarious Wolfe

C44i: Ponziani Opening
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move)
1. e4
Clock started on 08/09/2006
1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d6 4. d4 f6 5. dxe5 fxe5 6. Bg5 Nf6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. g3 Bh3 9. Nh4 Nxe4 10. Be3 Bg5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. h4 Qg4 14. Qxg4 Bxg4 15. Na3 a6 16. O-O O-O-O 17. f3 Nd2 18. fxg4 Nxf1 19. Rxf1 Rhf8 20. Be6+ Kb8 21. Rf5 Rxf5 22. gxf5 g6 23. f6 Rf8 24. f7 Nd8 25. Bd5 Rxf7 26. Nc4 b6 27. b4 Nb7 28. Bxf7 a5 29. b5 Nc5 30. Bg8 Ne4 31. Bxh7 Nxg3 32. Bxg6 Ne2+ 33. Kf2 Nxc3 34. h5 Ne4+ 35. Kf3 Nf6 36. h6 Kc8 37. Kg3 Kd8 38. Kh4 Ke7 39. Ne3 Kf8 40. Nf5 Kg8 41. Ne7+ Kh8 42. Kg5 Nh7+ 43. Kf5 Nf8 44. Be8 Kh7 45. Kg5 Ne6+ 46. Kh5 Nf8 47. Nd5 e4 48. Nf6+ Kh8 49. Nxe4 d5 50. Nf6 d4 51. Bc6 d3 52. Ne4 Ne6 53. Kg4 Nc5 54. Nxc5 bxc5 55. Bf3 c4 56. Kf5 c3 57. Kf6 c2 58. Ke7 c1=Q 59. Kd7 Qc5 60. Bc6 d2 61. Kxc7 d1=Q 62. b6 Qdd6+ 63. Kb7 Qdxc6+ 64. Ka6 Q5xb6#
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 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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