Well, I was able to duplicate this in glchess, part of gnome-games so I
reported it upstream there. James, what chess program were you using?
** Package changed: gnuchess (Ubuntu) => gnome-games (Ubuntu)
** Summary changed:
- white side always on bottom
+ chess: white side always on bottom
** B
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