views/rules/Alice.pug

   1 p.boxed
   2     | Every move played ends up on another board (the "other side of the mirror").
   3     | So there are two boards. All pieces start on board 1.
   4
   5 h3 Specifications
   6
   7 ul
   8     li Chessboard: standard.
   9     li Material: standard + Alice pieces.
  10     li Non-capturing moves: standard.
  11     li Special moves: standard.
  12     li Captures: standard (if on same board).
  13     li End of game: standard.
  14
  15 h3 Basics
  16
  17 p
  18     | Two boards are used in this variant. Pieces from board 2 are represented on
  19     | the main board, upside down.
  20     | Any move played must be valid on the board it is played on.
  21     | In addition, the final square should not be occupied by a piece from the other board
  22     | (thus allowing to represent all on one board).
  23
  24 p Notation for Alice pieces was chosen as follow:
  25 ul
  26     li Pawn : S
  27     li Rook : U
  28     li Knight : O
  29     li Bishop : C
  30     li Queen : T
  31     li King : L
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  33 figure.diagram-container
  34     .diagram
  35         | fen:rnbqkbnr/ppp1pppp/8/8/2p5/5O2/PP1PPPPP/RNBQKB1R:
  36     figcaption After the moves 1.Nf3 Pd5 2.Pc4 Sxc4
  37
  38 h3 End of the game
  39
  40 p
  41     | As in the orthodox game, win by checkmating the king. It shouldn't be able to
  42     | escape the check, not even by moving to the other board.
  43
  44 p Note: en-passant and castle occur as they do in the standard game.
  45
  46 h3 Credits
  47
  48 p
  49     | Alice chess pages on
  50     a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/other.dir/alice.html") chessvariants.com
  51     | and on
  52     a(href="https://www.schemingmind.com/journalarticle.aspx?article_id=9")
  53         | schemingmind.com
  54     | .