Challenge from erikbrynolfson

E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4.Bd2 O-O 5.Nf3
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. d4 Nf6
Clock started on 12/08/2006
2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Bb7 8. e3 Na6 9. b4 c5 10. b5 Nc7 11. Bd3 d5 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Bxf3 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. gxf3 f5 18. Rad1 Kg7 19. a4 Kf6 20. h4 Rg8+ 21. Kh2 Ke5 22. Kh3 f4 23. e4 Rd4 24. Rxd4 Kxd4 25. Be2 Kc3 26. Rd1 e5 27. Rd7 Ne6 28. Bf1 Rg1 29. Bg2 Nc5 30. Rxa7 Kb4 31. Rxf7 Kxa4 32. Rxh7 Kxb5 33. h5 Ra1 34. Rg7 Ra8 35. h6 Rh8 36. h7 Ne6 37. Bf1+ Kc6 38. Re7 Rxh7+ 39. Rxh7 Ng5+ 40. Kg4 Nxh7 41. Kf5 Kd6 42. Bc4 Nf8 43. Kf6 Nd7+ 44. Kf5 Nb8 45. Bb5 Kc5 46. Kxe5 Kxb5 47. Kxf4 Kc4 48. e5 Nc6 49. e6 b5 50. Kf5 b4
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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