Testing Backwards Pawns

'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
This game is being played under Backwards Pawns rules. Click the 'info' tab for more information.
1. d4 c5
Clock started on 06/14/2022
2. c4 Qa5+ 3. c3 c6 4. d5 c7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc6 d5 7. c5 b5 8. cxb6 Qc5 9. b5 a5 10. bxa6 e5 11. a5 Qb6 12. axb6 Nc6 13. b5 d6 14. bxc6 d7 15. c5 d5 16. cxd6 e6 17. d5 e7 18. Ne2 e5 19. dxe6 Ba6 20. e5 f5 21. exf6 Bd6 22. f5 g5 23. fxg6 Nf6 24. g7 O-O-O 25. g6 Rhe8 26. g5 h5 27. gxh6 Ne4 28. h7 Nc5 29. h8=N Be7 30. g4 Bd6 31. g5 Re7 32. g6 Red7 33. g7 Bb7 34. g8=N Bd5 35. a4 Rc7 36. a5 Kd7 37. a6 Rc6 38. a7 Rdc8 39. a8=N Rd8 40. b4 Nd3+ 41. Qxd3 Rc4 42. b5 Ra4 43. b4 Bb3 44. Nf6+ Kc8 45. b5 Rd7 46. b6 Kd8 47. b7 Rg7 48. b8=N Rg5 49. e4 Ba2 50. e5 Rgg4 51. e6 Kc8 52. e7 Ba3 53. e8=N Kb7 54. Nd4 Rh4 55. Ndc6 Rag4 56. Nec7 Rh5 57. Nfd7 Rhg5 58. Ndb6 Rg6 59. Nxa3 R6g5 60. Nab5 Bg8 61. Nba7 Rd4 62. cxd4 Rg4 63. d5 Rg5 64. d6 Rg4 65. d7
Conditional Moves: 65... Bh7 66. Nf7 Bg8 67. Nfe5 Bh7 68. Ng6 Bg8 69. Nge7 Bh7 70. Nec8 Bxd3 71. f4 Bxf1 72. f5 Bg2 73. f6 Bxh1 74. f7 Ra4 75. f8=N Rxa1 76. Ng6 Rxc1+ 77. Kd2 Rf1 78. Nge5 Rf3 79. Nd3 Rh3 80. Ndb4 Rxh2+ 81. Kd3 Ra2 82. N4a6 Rh2 83. d8=N#
65... Ba2
Conditional Moves: 66. Nf7 Rg1 67. Nd6#
66. d8=N#
White win

Backwards Pawns is exactly like regular chess, except for one thing: the pawn has the ability to move one square backwards into an unoccupied square, EXCEPT that it may not move into the back rank.

Note that a pawn that moves back into the starting rank has its optional two-square advance property restored.

En Passant and promotion are unchanged from regular chess.

This variant presents unique ways for blocking check and creating forks.

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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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