This game is being played under Alice Chess rules. Click the 'info' tab for more information.
1. a4 a5 Clock started on 10/07/2008
2. Ra3 e6 3. Re3+ e5 4. Rxe5 Bd6 5. Re4+ Kf8 6. b3 Qf6 7. e3 b6 8. Nc3 Qf5 9. Rc4 Qxf2 10. Nh3 Qh4+ 11. Ke2 Ba6 12. g3 Qh5+ 13. Ke1 Bxg3+ 14. Nf2 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Bxf2 16. Rf1 Qh1+ 17. Ke2 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bh4 19. Rf1+ Bf6 20. Nd5 Ra2+ 21. Kd3 Ke8 22. b4 Nc6 23. Re1+ Kd8 24. Re6 Rxa4 25. Ba3 Ne5+ 26. Ke2 Ne7 27. Bxe7 Rxb4 28. Ba6 Re8 29. Rxe8 d6 30. Rc8+ Kd7 31. Rd8+ Ke6 32. Bc8+ Nd7 33. Re8+ Kf5 34. Bxd7+ Kg6 35. e4 Rd4 36. Nf4+ Kh6 37. c4 Rxd7 38. Ba3 a4 39. Re3 g5 40. c5 gxf4 41. Rf3 Bg5 42. Rh3+ Kg6 43. Rg3+ Kh5 44. Rh3+ Kg4 45. c6 Re7 46. Rxh7 Rxe4+ 47. Kd3 f3 48. h3+ Kg3 49. Rg7 Kg2 50. Rxg5+ Kxh3 51. Rf5 Kg2 52. Bxd6 cxd6 53. c7 f2 54. c8=Q f1=Q 55. Rg5+ Kf3 56. Rf5+ Kg3 57. Qg8 Qh3+ 58. Kc2 Qxf5 59. Qg7+ Kf4 60. Kd3 Qd5+ 61. Kc2 Qd4 62. Qh6+ Kf3 63. Qh3+= Kf4 64. Qh4+ Kf3 65. Qh3+ Ke2 66. Qg2+ Qf2 67. Qxf2 Rc4 68. Qe3+ Kf1 69. Qd3+ Ke1 70. Qb5 Rc5+ 71. Kb2 Kxd2 72. Qb4+ Kd3 73. Qc3+ Ke4 74. Qb4+ Kd5 75. Qd2+ Kc6 76. Qg2+ Kb5 77. Ka2 Kb4 78. Qb2 Rc3 79. Qd2+ Kc4 80. Qf4+ Kb5 81. Qf5+ Kb4 82. Qb1+ Kc4 83. Qc1+ Kd4 84. Qd1+ Kc4 85. Qxa4+ Kd3 86. Kb2 Rc4 87. Qc2+ Kd4= Draw
Alice Chess is chess variant played on two boards, moving pieces jump between them.
Game Rules
Alice Chess is played on two standard chess boards (A and B), with one set of standard chess pieces.
After each move, the moving piece is transposed to the corresponding square on the opposite board. Moves must be legal on the board on which they are made, and you can only move if the destination square is vacant on the opposite board. You can't move through check, even if that move would transport your king to the opposite board.
For example, here is the position after (in Alice1 game) white played e2-e4, black replied h7-h5, and white played d2-d4:
You are free to move using any piece, whether it is on the board A, or board B (note that piece moved on the board B will return to the board A).
Captures are allowed and are made on the same board, on which capturing and captured pieces are initially placed (transposition to the other board happens after capturing). For example, in the position above, black can play Rh8xh2, achieving the following position:
The game ends in checkmate - when the king is under check, and can not escape, or be protected. For example, here is the checkmate from some Alice2 game. Black king can not escape to c7, because it is not empty on the other board (note that white queen moved from h5 on the board B, if before the move it were on board A, it would be transposed and no checkmate would occur):
Castling is allowed (both king and rook are transported), en-passant is not allowed.
On SchemingMind Boards A and B can be seen side by side if there is room on the screen (they will be shown stacked on a smaller screen such as a mobile phone). The analysis board shows both boards superimposed on each other.
Alice Chess 2
Alice 2 is similar to Alice 1, however the black pieces start on Board B.
Game Page Help
The Action Bar
The Action Bar is the most important part of the game screen, this is where you interact with the game by entering moves, conditional moves, comments, draw offers, resignations, and much more (if you are not viewing one of your own games, the Action Bar is not shown). The Action Bar is in four parts, from left to right:
- The Move Input Box: where your move or conditional move is shown; it is possible to type into this box, but not recommended, you can enter your move by dragging and dropping the pieces on the board.
- The Action Selection Dropdown: this is where you select the action you want to do, for example, move, enter a comment, accept a draw offer, claim a draw, etc. Only the actions which are relevant to the current game are shown.
- The Continue Button: this button sends your action back to our server; sometimes you might see a pop-up text box before the action is sent, this is so that you can write a message to your opponent. You can set your preferences so that this box is always shown to confirm you move (under the "Chess Board" tab "Confirm moves before committing), some people find this helpful as a "blunder check".
- The Next Game button: clicking the button will take you to the next game for which it is your move.
The Game Information Panel
Under the Action Bar, you should find the Game Information Panel. This gives you more information about the game; because there is too much information to see on one screen here, it is arranged into "tab"; you can move between the various screens by clicking the buttons, from left to right:
- Game Overview: this tab shows the full history of the game, including comments (you cannot read the comments from another player's game, unless the game is marked as "public"), leave taken, etc. You can click the moves to see the position on the chess board.
- Hide Comments: this tab shows the moves of the game only, without the distraction of the comments shown on the game overview tab.
- Material Balance: this tab shows the captured pieces in the game. If you are playing CrazyHouse chess, or a similar game, you can drag pieces from here to the board to make a "drop".
- Tags: You can "tag" games, this makes it easier to come back to games, you can find the games you have tagged from the game database screen.
- Variant Information: this tab is available for some chess variants, it will show you a description of the variant.
- Opening Book: In standard chess games, this tab will show you information about the chess opening you have been playing, taken from the Game Explorer.
- Analysis Board: Opening this tab will overlay an "analysis board" on the main chess board; you can move the pieces around freely on this board to try out various ideas in the game.
- Engine Analysis: This tab allows you to analyse the game using a chess engine; because the use of engines is not allowed on SchemingMind, this tab is not available for ongoing games.
- Share: The share tab will allow you to share your game on social media (if someone becomes a member by following one of your links, you will be rewarded with a complimentary extension to your full membership); you can also download the game as either an animated GIF or in PGN format, and you can copy the current position to your clipboard in FEN format.
- Help: If you are reading this, you have already figured out what the help button does!
The Chess Board
The chess board shows the current position in your game; if it is your move, or if you can enter a conditional move, you can drag and drop the pieces on the chess board.
If you wish to castle, simply drag your king over the rook on the side you wish to castle on. When you promote a pawn, you will see a pop-up prompting you to select the promoted piece.
We have a number of different designs for chess boards and pieces, you can select the one you prefer from your personal preferences.
Under the chess board is a navigation toolbar (this toolbar looks slightly different if you are looking at the analysis board).
From left to right:
- Settings: This button will bring up your chess board and pieces display settings.
- Move to Start: This button will show the start position of the game.
- Previous Move: This button will move position shown on the board back one move.
- Next Move: This button will show the next position on the board.
- Last Move: This button will show the current position on the board.
- Flip: This button will show the board from the other player's perspective (by default you see games from White's perspective unless you are Black; you can select an option to always show the board from White's perspective in your personal preferences).
- Animate: If you are not looking at the last move in the game, this button will animate the game from the shown position to the last move.
- Stop Animation: This button will stop the animation.
View this article in the Knowledge Base.