This game is being played under Alice Chess rules. Click the 'info' tab for more information.
1. e4 Clock started on 07/31/2006
1... e5 2. d4 Qf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. f4 Nc6 5. Bg5 Qg6 6. f5 Qd6 7. c3 Ba5+ 8. Ke2 Nxd4 9. Bd3 Qf6 10. Na3 g6 11. Nf3 Nxf5 12. exf5 Qe6 13. b3 f6 14. Bh4 h5 15. Kf2 Qb6+ 16. Nd4 Nh6 17. Rf1 d6 18. Re1+ e4 19. Rxe4 Ng4+ 20. Kf3 Qb2 21. Qe1 g5 22. Bxg5 fxg5 23. Qe2+ Kf7 24. Ne6 Bxf5 25. Nf4 Rh4 26. Re7 Qxa3 27. Rd7+ Bxd7 28. Re1 Re8 29. Re4 Rb4 30. Nd5 Qxa2 31. Rxb4 Re3 32. Qxe3 Qf2 33. c4 Bb6 34. Qe7 Ne5+ 35. Ke4 Qf3 36. Qxg5 Qxd3+ 37. Kf4 Bd4 38. Qxh5 Bf6 39. Nxf6 Qg6 40. Nxd7 Nxd7 41. Qd5+ Ke7 42. h4 Qxg3 43. Qe4+ Kf7 44. Qf5+ Kg7 45. h5 Qh4+ 46. Ke3 Qxb4 47. Qd3 Qf8 48. Qxd7 Qh6+ 49. Ke4 Qxh5 50. Qc8 Qf7 51. Qxc7 d5 52. cxd5 a5 53. Qxa5 Qa2 54. b4 Qb3 55. b5 Qb4+ 56. Kd3 Qd6+ 57. Kc4 b6 58. Qa6 Kf6 59. Qa8 Qc5+ 60. Kb3 Qxb5+ 61. Kc3 Qe5+ 62. Kc4 Qd6 63. Qf8+ Ke5 64. Qh8+ Ke4 65. Qe8+= Kf5 66. Qh5+ Ke4 67. Qh4+ Ke5 68. Qh5+ Ke4 69. Qh4+= Kf5 70. Qh5+= Kf6 71. Qh6+ Ke5 72. Qh5+ Kf6 73. Qh6+= Ke7 74. Qh4+ Kd7 75. Qg4+ Kc7 76. Qg7+= Kb8 77. Qf8+= Ka7 78. Qg7+ Ka6 79. Qa1+ Kb7 80. Qg7+= Kc8 81. Qg8+ Kd7 82. Qg7+ Ke8 83. Qg6+ Ke7 84. Qg5+ Kf7 85. Qh5+ Kf6 86. Qh6+ Ke5 87. Qxd6+ Kxd6 88. Kb5 Kc7 89. Ka6 Kd6 90. Kb5 Kc7 91. d6 Kd7 92. Kxb6 Kxd6 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.