White or Black?

[azure2s]

Do you prefer to be the white player or black player in chess? Some people say White always has an advantage over black, but I'm not really sure about this. I have always preferred to be white though

 

[yyttr4]

Black has the advantage over white.
first move leave uncertainty as which pawn (or knight) to move.
first white moves, black now knows what (in general) white might do and therefor has a slight advantage.
Lets say white moves: from D.2. to D.4.
exposing the queen, the bishop & the king.

so now black knows:

white can only move (without wasting a turn)-
B1 to A3 or C3
G1 to f3 or H3
C1 to n+1
and
D1 to D2 or D3.

what i would do is move from E.7. to E.6.
allowing my bishop to be free.
At this point it would be easy to get him in check if he makes any of these moves about but D1 to D2 or D3.
Im not going to play this because that would just be boreing.

White goes first, therefor black always one step ahead... if that makes since

 

[Tissue]

Actually, White has the advantage, for exactly the reason you've stated. White gets a whole extra move, as it were. Roughly 54-55% of all games that are won, are won by White (at top level, I mean). If White plays sharply (that is, in ways that keeps the 'initiative'), then White can make the most of that extra move, and that advantage can be all the difference.

 

[Breckmin]

Attacking players like Kasparov, Nakamura, or Judit Pulgar always start with the
advantage until they give up initiative. White moves first and this is critical when
it comes to opening analysis (particularly since the mid 1980's and Kasparov's rise
to change the way the game needs to be played in the opening and mid-game
transition). Until computers solve the game of chess, based on current theory,
black should always be able to draw (or win if white makes a weak move).

As Tissue says, white wins more games than black in tournament play....

It is often easier to attack than to defend.

 

[Izdaari Eristikon]

No preference. Chess is chess on either side of the board. Statistically, it's true white has a slight advantage, but the stronger player is still going to win.

 

[spirituality-in-Christ]

White has a 1 move advantage. Some masters think that a 3 move advantage would be roughly equal to a pawn. Obviously this is an average. White is definitely better but this is only other things being equal. If I play White against Kasparov I will lose as other things are not equal.

 

[lukas.errych]

I prefer to chosse black one.... I dont know, i just like black side.....

 

[chlarisa]

I like black one.

 

[majik]

I always played white, but I am going to start taking up black now. =]

 

[Makachop]

I always pick black ^^

 

[God'schild09]

I always picked white.I prefer it has an advantage over black.It's just the color I play the most.

 

[AlabamaScout]

I doesn't matter to me

 

[marklbernard]

Do you prefer to be the white player or black player in chess? Some people say White always has an advantage over black, but I'm not really sure about this. I have always preferred to be white though

I think white has an initial advantage only becasue they have the oportunity to control tempo, but if they do loose that advantage, then its anyones game, whoever controls the tempo in the game is in the winning position (this can be true even if materially they are loosing)

 

[sweet juicy]

White!

 

[Saving Hawaii]

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[aruchan]

White vs. Black. The everlasting battle between light and darkness, yin and yang, and all that... if you ask philosophically, white trumps black eventually and always. It's true; white has an advantage because, since it has the first move, it can set the primary course of the game. However, white needs to preserve said advantage, and since chess usually turns into anyone's-game by the middle, the advantage is usually small.

 

[Gummug]

My 2 cents worth, I am always more concerned about the strength of the opposing player than whether I am white or black. As has already been stated, the only time the slight advantage of white makes much difference if all else is equal (= both players have same rating imo) and the odds that both players have the same rating is small, usually I think even among grandmasters playing each other there is a small difference in rating and imo that is more important than the color they choose, although the small advantage white has can and does make a difference based on the statistics of white winning slightly more than 50% of the time. OK, stop yawning now, please!

 

[christiansheperd]

Do you prefer to be the white player or black player in chess? Some people say White always has an advantage over black, but I'm not really sure about this. I have always preferred to be white though

Correct. white always has the advantage coz white moves first than black. Its a big advantage specially for your defence..

 

[soniat]

i choose black......

 

[Chany]

I actually prefer black. I seem much better at exposing the weaknesses of an attack strategy rather than trying to break a through defense strategy. White has the move advantage, though as it is already stated, white reveals its general strategy before black's ever made a move.