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Is the opening alignment in Chess based on the Battle of Rheims-l429?

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This is mere coincidence, but interesting- we do have in the famous Altarpiece- a Bishop, several knights including one Female ( Joan of Arc) a King ( Charles Vii) and the Rooks could be taken to be the columns of the building- Rheims Cathedral. the event is not the actual battle of Rheims but the Coronation of King Charles which followed the battle. It is coincidental. No Queen in the picture- though.

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