Chess960: permuting bishops and knights (RBNQKNBR)

I have a particular interest in this initial position:

I will also consider here its chiral image RBNKQNBR:

Stockfish also thinks that the Sicilian defense is sub par for black.

Chess engines should not be used in these kinds of positions.

It's still better that human analysis without a lot of practical experience. Btw, Stockfish suggests 1...d5 as the best reply. This time it's evaluated at +0.07 (d=36).

So we have the Queen's Pawn Game here which is not astonishing.

1st test opening (Explorer vs Explorer, 1 line, d=20->21):

1. d4 (+0.20) d5 (+0.25) 2. c3 (+0.20) c6 (+0.19) 3. e4 (+0.23) dxe4 (+0.22) 4. Bxe4 (+0.21) e5 (+0.27) 5. f3 (+0.27) exd4 (+0.16)

I will consider here both RBNQKNBR and its chiral image RBNKQNBR. More test games are coming soon.