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| 2 | | Every move played ends up on another board (the "other side of the mirror"). So there are two boards. All pieces start on board 1. | |
| 3 | ||
| 4 | h3 Specifications | |
| 5 | ||
| 6 | ul | |
| 7 | li Chessboard: standard. | |
| 8 | li Material: standard + Alice pieces. | |
| 9 | li Non-capturing moves: standard. | |
| 10 | li Special moves: standard. | |
| 11 | li Captures: standard (if on same board). | |
| 12 | li End of game: standard. | |
| 13 | ||
| 14 | h3 Basics | |
| 15 | ||
| 16 | p | |
| 17 | | Two boards are used in this variant. Pieces from board 2 are represented on the main board, upside down. | |
| 18 | | Any move played must be valid on the board it is played on. | |
| 19 | | In addition, the final square should not be occupied by a piece from the other board | |
| 20 | | (thus allowing to represent all on one board). | |
| 21 | ||
| 22 | p Notation for Alice pieces was chosen as follow: | |
| 23 | ul | |
| 24 | li Pawn : S | |
| 25 | li Rook : U | |
| 26 | li Knight : O | |
| 27 | li Bishop : C | |
| 28 | li Queen : T | |
| 29 | li King : L | |
| 30 | ||
| 31 | figure.diagram-container | |
| 32 | .diagram | |
| 33 | | fen:rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/8/2p5/5O2/PP1PPPPP/RNBQKB1R: | |
| 34 | figcaption After the moves 1.Nf3 Pd5 2.Pc4 Sxc4 | |
| 35 | ||
| 36 | h3 End of the game | |
| 37 | ||
| 38 | p As in the orthodox game, win by checkmating the king. It shouldn't be able to escape the check, not even by moving to the other board. | |
| 39 | ||
| 40 | p Note: en-passant and castle occur as they do in the standard game. | |
| 41 | ||
| 42 | h3 Credits | |
| 43 | ||
| 44 | p | |
| 45 | | Alice chess pages on | |
| 46 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/other.dir/alice.html") chessvariants.com | |
| 47 | | and on | |
| 48 | a(href="https://www.schemingmind.com/journalarticle.aspx?article_id=9") schemingmind.com | |
| 49 | | . |