> one side starting with a big advantage I have never played this variant of chess, but on the surface it seems that having both bishops on the same color woul

> one side starting with a big advantage I have never played this variant of chess, but on the surface it seems that having both bishops on the same color would be a sizeable disadvantage. The other randomized pieces (queens and knights) can get to any square, so having two knights start on dark squares, for instance, doesn't seem to really matter.