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92342261 | 2 | | Every move played ends up on another board (the "other side of the mirror"). |
e8e4adbd | 3 | | There are two boards. All pieces start on board 1. |
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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 | |
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18 | | Two boards are used in this variant. Pieces from board 2 are represented on |
19 | | the main board, upside down. | |
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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 | |
32 | ||
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 | ||
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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. | |
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44 | p. |
45 | Note: en-passant and castle occur as they do in the standard game. | |
46 | More specifically, en-passant is possible regardless of the worlds pawns are in. | |
47 | This is justified because pawns "go through the mirror" while moving, and can | |
48 | thus be captured either right after or just before they pass the mirror. | |
49 | Castling should be legal according to orthodox rules on the board 1 (it cannot | |
50 | occur on board 2, because it would mean king and rook moved). Moreover, the | |
51 | king cannot be in check on board 2 after castling. | |
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e081ffe3 | 53 | h3 More information |
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54 | |
55 | p | |
e081ffe3 | 56 | | See the Alice chess pages on |
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57 | a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/other.dir/alice.html") chessvariants.com |
58 | | and on | |
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59 | a(href="https://www.schemingmind.com/journalarticle.aspx?article_id=9") |
60 | | schemingmind.com | |
a4cf093a | 61 | | . |