English Explanatory Dictionary

Alice chess

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

Alice chess

Etymology

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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