Draft Alice rules
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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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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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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 | .