This game is being played under Alice Chess rules. Click the 'info' tab for more information.
1. Nf3 b6 Clock started on 03/30/2009
2. Nc3 Bb7 3. Ne5 Nc6 4. e3 h5 5. Nd5 Qc8 6. Nf6 Qf5 7. Nxd7 Qxf2 8. Nxb6 Qxf6 9. Bb5 Rd8 10. Bxc6+ Rd7 11. Nxd7+ Qxc6 12. Ne5 Qe6 13. O-O Qxe5 14. Qe2 h4 15. h3 Qh2 16. Kf2 Bf3 17. Kxf3 Rh6 18. d4 Rf6 19. Bf4 e5 20. dxe5 Rf5 21. Qb5+ Ke7 22. Qb7+ Kd8 23. Qb8+ Ke7 24. Qxc7+ Ke6 25. Qb8 Bd6 26. Qxg8 Rxf4 27. Rah1 Rf5+ 28. Ke2 Rd5 29. Qg4+ Ke7 30. Re1 Qxe5 31. Qxh4+ Rg5 32. Qxg5 Qd4 33. Qxg7+ Kd8 34. Rhd1 Qxd1 35. Qf8+ Kd7 36. Qxf7+ Kc6 37. Rf1 Qg4+ 38. Kd2 Be5 39. Qe8+ Kd6 40. Re1 Qb4+ 41. Ke2 Qe4+ 42. Kd2 Bc3+ 43. Kxc3 Qxe8 44. b4 Qc6+ 45. Kb3 Qxg2 46. c3 Qd5 47. h4 Qf7+ 48. Kb2 Qf2+ 49. Kb3 Qxe1 50. a4 Qxc3 51. h5 Qd3+ 52. Kb2 Qxe3 53. b5 Kc7 54. b6 a5 55. Kc2 Kb7 56. h6 Qxh6 57. Kc3 Qxb6 58. Kc4 Qa6+ 59. Kc5 Qc6+ 60. Kd4 Qf6+ 61. Kc5 Qb6+ 62. Kc4 Qc6+ 63. Kb3 Kb6 64. Ka3 Kc5 65. Kb3 Qe4 66. Ka3= Kd5 67. Kb3 Qb4 68. Ka2 Qxa4 69. Kb2 Qc4 70. Ka3 a4 71. Kb2 Kd4 72. Ka3 Qc3 73. Ka2 a3 74. Kb1 Qd2 75. Ka1 Kd3 76. Kb1 Kc3 77. Ka1 a2 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.