January Standard

C46c: Three Knights: 3...d6
'Standard' (30 days + 1 day/move, max 45 days)
1. e4 e5
Clock started on 1/6/2007
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Be2 Nd4 7. Be3 Nxf3+ 8. Bxf3 c5 9. Nd5 Be6 10. c4 Bxd5 11. exd5 Qd7 12. b3 b5 13. a3 a5 14. a4 b4 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Qd2 h6 17. g4 g5 18. O-O-O Nd7 19. Be4 O-O-O 20. Bf5 Kb8 21. f3 Nb6 22. Qa2 Rhg8 23. Rd2 Nd7 24. Be4 Nf6 25. Kb1 Qb6= 26. Bf2 h5 27. gxh5 Nxh5 28. Be3 Ng3 29. Rg1 Nxe4 30. dxe4 f6 31. Rg4 Rh8 32. Rh2 Rdg8 33. Qf2 Qd8 34. Kc2 Rg6 35. Qg2 Rgh6 36. Bf2 R8h7 37. h4 Qd7 38. Qh3 f5 39. exf5 Qxf5+ 40. Re4 Qg6 41. Qd7 Qf7 42. Qb5+ Kc8 43. Rh3 Qf5 44. Qe8+ Kc7 45. Qc6+ Kd8 46. Qa8+ Kc7 47. Qxa5+ Kd7 48. Qa7+ Ke8 49. Qa8+ Bd8 50. Be3 Qxh3 51. Bxg5 Qg2+ 52. Kb1 Qxf3 53. Qxd8+ Kf7 54. Qe7+ Kg8 55. Qe8+ Kg7 56. Qd7+ Kg6 57. Qxd6+ Kh5 58. Qxe5 Qxb3+ 59. Kc1 Qa3+ 60. Qb2 Qxb2+ 61. Kxb2 Ra6 62. Kb3 Rf7 63. Re3 Rf1 64. Rd3 Ra1 65. d6 R6xa4 66. d7 R4a3+ 67. Kc2 Rxd3 68. d8=Q Rxd8 69. Bxd8 Ra3 70. Be7 Rc3+ 71. Kb2 Rxc4 72. Kb3 Rc3+ 73. Kb2 c4 74. Bxb4 Rb3+ 75. Kc2 Rxb4 76. Kc3 Rb8 77. Kxc4 Kxh4
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 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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