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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.
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   4 h3 Specifications
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   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.
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  14 h3 Basics
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  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).
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  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
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  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
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  36 h3 End of the game
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  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.
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  40 p Note: en-passant and castle occur as they do in the standard game.
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  42 h3 Credits
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  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     | .