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A11: English: Caro-Kann Defence
'Leisure' (30 days + 3 days/move, max 60 days)
1. c4 c6
Clock started on 6/7/2024
2. g3 h6 3. Bg2 h5 4. Nf3 h4 5. Nxh4 Rxh4 6. gxh4 e6 7. h5 Qh4 8. d4 Nf6 9. Qd3 Nxh5 10. Qe4 Qxe4 11. Bxe4 Na6 12. a3 d6 13. Nc3 d5 14. Bf3 Nf6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bg5 Be7 17. h4 Nc7 18. h5 Bg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Rg1 Nf6 22. Rxg7 Ne6 23. Rg3 Nxd4 24. O-O-O Ne6 25. h6 Rh8 26. Rh1 d4 27. Nb1 Ne4 28. Rf3 Rh7 29. Nd2 Nd6 30. Rg3 f6 31. Rg8 c5 32. a4 f5 33. Rh4 a6 34. a5 Nf7 35. Rb8 Ned8 36. Nb3 Kd6 37. Rh5 Kc7 38. Ra8 Rxh6 39. Rxh6 Nxh6 40. Nxc5 Nhf7 41. Nb3 Ne6 42. Kc2 Kc6 43. Re8 Kd7 44. Rg8 Kd6 45. Nc1 Kd5 46. Nd3 Nfd8 47. Nf4+ Kd6 48. Nxe6 Nxe6 49. Rh8 Kc6 50. Rh6 Kd5 51. Rh7 Kc6 52. Rf7 f4 53. Rf6 Kd5 54. Rf7 Kc6 55. Kd3 Nc5+ 56. Kxd4 Nb3+ 57. Kc3 Nc1 58. e3 fxe3 59. fxe3 Ne2+ 60. Kc4 Ng1 61. Rf6+ Kd7 62. Kd3 Nh3 63. e4 Ng5 64. e5 Nh3 65. Kd4 Ng5 66. Kd5 Ke8 67. Rb6 Kf7 68. Rxb7+ Kg6 69. Rb6+ Kh5 70. Rxa6 Nh7

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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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