Rules
White pawns are placed on the second rank as in standard chess. All remaining white pieces are placed randomly on the first rank, with the following restrictions:
- The bishops must be placed on opposite-color squares.
- The king must be placed on a square between the rooks.
Black's pieces are placed equal-and-opposite to White's pieces. For example, if the white king is randomly determined to start on f1, then the black king is placed on f8. (The king never starts on the a - or h -files, since this would leave no space for a rook.)
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