The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz · 9 months agoHow to be an enlightened chess playerstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1328
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minus-squarepumpkinseedoil@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·9 months agoI prefer black. Remember that the saying goes: “White begins, black wins.” (I have no idea if this saying also exists in English but it does rime just as well as in German („Weiß beginnt, Schwarz gewinnt.”))
minus-squareneptune@dmv.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 months agoI don’t agree and don’t think the data agrees. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-move_advantage_in_chess Two thoughts: white can more easily set the speed of the game, as well as not have to adapt to their choices (which black must do)
minus-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoI’ve always heard it as “It’s whites game to lose”.
I prefer black. Remember that the saying goes: “White begins, black wins.” (I have no idea if this saying also exists in English but it does rime just as well as in German („Weiß beginnt, Schwarz gewinnt.”))
I don’t agree and don’t think the data agrees. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-move_advantage_in_chess
Two thoughts: white can more easily set the speed of the game, as well as not have to adapt to their choices (which black must do)
I know but still prefer black
I’ve always heard it as “It’s whites game to lose”.