Challenge from Roger

C23: Bishop's Opening
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 06/28/2021
2. Bc4 Qe7 3. b3 a6 4. Ba3 d6 5. Qf3 b5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. c3 Qf6 8. Qxf6 Nxf6 9. f3 g5 10. h4 Be6 11. c4 Nh5 12. g4 Nf4 13. Rh2 Nd4 14. Nh3 Ndxe2 15. Nxg5 Bd7 16. Nh3 Ng3 17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. Nc3 Bd3 19. Kf2 Nge2 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Nd5 Rc8 22. h5 Bg7 23. Rd1 Bd4+ 24. Ke1 Ng3 25. g5 Be2 26. Rc1 Bxf3 27. Nxf4 Nxe4 28. d3 Nc3 29. Bb2 Nxa2 30. Rc4 Bxb2 31. Rxb2 d5 32. Rxa2 dxc4 33. dxc4 Rb8 34. Rxa6 O-O 35. Ra3 f6 36. Ne6 Rfe8 37. Kf2 Rxe6 38. Kxf3 Rbe8 39. gxf6 Rxf6+ 40. Kg4 Re4+ 41. Kg5 Ref4 42. h6 R4f5+ 43. Kg4 Kf7 44. Ra7
Roger Martindale: Lifeline, clock reset to 10 days
44... Kg6 45. Rxc7 Rg5+ 46. Kh3 Rh5+ 47. Kg3 Rxh6 48. b4 Rh1 49. c5 Rg1+ 50. Kh2 Rg4 51. Kh3 h5 52. b5 Rb4 53. b6 Rf3+ 54. Kg2 Rbb3 55. b7 Rf8 56. Rc8 Rb2+ 57. Kg1
Roger Martindale: Lifeline, clock reset to 10 days
57... Rxb7 58. Rxf8 Rc7 59. Rg8+ Kf7 60. Rg5 Kf6 61. Rxh5 Kg6 62. Rd5 Rg7 63. c6 Kf6+ 64. Kf2 Ke6 65. Rd1 Rf7+ 66. Ke3 Rc7 67. Rc1 Kd6 68. Kd4 Rxc6 69. Rxc6+ Kd7 70. Kd5 Ke7 71. Rd6 Kf7 72. Re6 Kf8 73. Ke5 Kf7 74. Kf5 Kf8 75. Kf6 Kg8 76. Re7 Kh8 77. Kg6 Kg8 78. Re8#
White 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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