Alice chess is a chess variant invented in 1953 by V. R. Parton. It is played on two chessboards rather than one, with a slight but significant alteration to the standard rules of chess: after each move, pieces are transferred between board A and board B. The game takes its name from Alice in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass, where passing through the mirror into an alternative world is portrayed on the boards by this after-move transfer. The transfer rule is known for disorienting players new to the game, because pieces seem to disappear and reappear between the boards and a piece interposed to block an attack on one board is simply bypassed on the other. It remains the most popular and successful of the many variants Parton invented.
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1. Board Game Matcher: Alice Chess
2. Alice chess (Wikipedia)
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Alice chess is a chess variant invented in 1953 by V. R. Parton
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employs two chessboards rather than one
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