Alice chess

Meaning

Noun

A chess variant that employs two chessboards; as each move is made, the moved piece is transferred to the same square on the other chessboard.

Origin

Named after the protagonist of Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass, who travelled through a mirror and encountered characters based on chess pieces.

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