Nice and easy

B45g: Sicilian: Taimanov, Four Knights, 6.g3
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 c5
Clock started on 03/25/2022
2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Be3 Qxb2 8. Na4 Qb4+ 9. c3 Qe7 10. Bg2 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Nf3 Nxe4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Bc5 d6 15. Ba3 O-O 16. h4 Bd7 17. Ng5 b5 18. Nb2 Nxc3 19. Nd3 Rfc8 20. Nf4 Na4 21. Rad1 Be5 22. Nd3 Rab8 23. Qd2 Bc3 24. Qe3 Bd4 25. Qe2 Nc3 26. Qf3 Nxa2 27. Qf4 e5 28. Qd2 Nc3 29. Nb4 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 Na5 31. Bd5+ Kg7 32. Qe2 Rc3 33. Bb2 Rxg3+ 34. Kh2 Rxg5 35. hxg5 Bxb2 36. Qxb2 Qxg5 37. Qd2 Qh4+ 38. Kg1 f4 39. Be4 Nc4 40. Qe2 a5 41. Nd5 Bg4 42. f3 Bh3 43. Kh1 a4 44. Qh2 a3 45. Ra1 b4 46. Rc1 Na5 47. Rc7+ Kh6 48. Nf6 Qe1+ 49. Qg1 Qxg1+ 50. Kxg1 Rh8 51. Rc1 b3 52. Ra1 a2 53. Kh2 Bf5 54. Ng4+ Kg7
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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