The Alfils are placed such that two of the same color are bound to the same 8 squares. With as a consequence that half the squares cannot be reached by any Alfil of this color. And what is worse, these are the squares where all Alfils of the opponent are bound to. Two Alfils can never capture each other!
That seems pretty bad to me, and could make the game very drawish. By withdrawing the King to a square where no opponent Alfils can get the defender has an advantage of two Alfils, and the attacker only has 1 Dabbaba, 1 Ferz and 1 Wazir that could attack it (which the Defender also has). Trade an Alfil for the attacking Wazir, and then move to a square of another 'meta color' where you have two Alfils, and the attacker doesn't even have the Wazir anymore.
It would be better to swap the Dabbabas with the Alfils in the c- and f-files. Then each square can be reached by a single Alfil of either color.
The Alfils are placed such that two of the same color are bound to the same 8 squares. With as a consequence that half the squares cannot be reached by any Alfil of this color. And what is worse, these are the squares where all Alfils of the opponent are bound to. Two Alfils can never capture each other!
That seems pretty bad to me, and could make the game very drawish. By withdrawing the King to a square where no opponent Alfils can get the defender has an advantage of two Alfils, and the attacker only has 1 Dabbaba, 1 Ferz and 1 Wazir that could attack it (which the Defender also has). Trade an Alfil for the attacking Wazir, and then move to a square of another 'meta color' where you have two Alfils, and the attacker doesn't even have the Wazir anymore.
It would be better to swap the Dabbabas with the Alfils in the c- and f-files. Then each square can be reached by a single Alfil of either color.