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I'm a bit confused (more than normal)...
I'm making a board, box, and chess set for this year's 2x4 challenge. My confusion is concerning the board layout; it was my impression that the bottom left corner, when facing the board, is a white square. I thought I'd confirm that by looking at online pictures of boards in play. They seem to run about 50/50 white or black for that bottom corner.
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Is there a correct, or preferred orientation?
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Many thanks, Stick! You saved me from making a big mistake. Although, if you rotate the board 90 deg. you'll get the correct layout...only a problem if you label the ranks and files.
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In the world of "for what it is worth", the setup is the same for checkers only then it is referred to as a "checker board".
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white to the right
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