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Greg Strong wrote on Tue, Oct 3, 2017 03:36 PM UTC:

Thanks for the additional information.  So the placement of the pieces is not determined at the start of the game and players can defer that decision.  Please update the game description to state that clearly as it is an essential point.

Here's another question...  Say a game starts like this:

1. e4 f6

2. Bc4 e5

3. Bxg8?

The bishop captures a piece who's identity hasn't been determined yet.  Does the player have to decide at this point what piece he lost, and thus, what type the other piece of the pair is?  Or can it continue undermined until the other piece of the pair moves?  (Granted, this isn't a situation that is likely to come up in real games, but the rules should cover all possibilities.)