true. so, test the color of one or two squares detected as empty at random and extrapolate the rest. my point was simply that the pattern rarely changes, and a

true. so, test the color of one or two squares detected as empty at random and extrapolate the rest. my point was simply that the pattern rarely changes, and a corner will be white-black or black-white and from that you can determine which way the board is facing, and what every other square's color should be.