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Thor Slavensky wrote on Sun, Jun 7, 2020 09:54 AM UTC:

If you are considering to have pieces on the first rank with the rooks, there is also another option.

As long as it is not a major programming problem to add or subtract brouhaha squares, then you could consider having only 3 brouhaha's, moving EITHER the champions up to e1 and f1, OR the wizards up to somewhere on the first rank, could also be c1 and h1, for example. You will of course always have a asymmetrical set-up with the odd number of pieces, so with 1 pair of either wizards or champions, then you just have to decide if you want the joker 'king-side' or 'queen-side' on the 3 brouhaha squares.

I agree with all the insightful thoughts of H.G.Muller, and I think ELVEN CHESS looks very nice, and it does not have that 'odd look' at all, probably in Aurelian's new set up it was because of the 4  brouhaha squares below the 'lonely King'. 


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