• Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      When you set up a chess board, the rule is “white to the right”. The bottom right square should always be white, then moving inwards, Rook, Knight, Bishop, King/Queen. The queen is fashionable, her dress always matches her shoes, so the queen always starts on the square that matches her color.

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          11 hours ago

          This made me realise there is an error after all - the corner field where Putin’s closer rook is is supposed to be black.

          So the queen is on the wrong field. The whole chessboard is mirrored.

        • seeigel@feddit.org
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          11 hours ago

          Yes, correct. And the field should be d, the fourth field from the left.

          The orientation of the board is wrong.

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            10 hours ago

            Oh, right! The left-hand corner should be black for both players. I.e. they’re playing sideways on the board.