Help on using the opening explorer

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grazwon

Hi Chess mates. 

When I am playing black and using the chess opening feature to see the different opening lines. Should I go with what shows the most black color in the percentage bar? its confusing that it always shows white, and it looks like the best possible move even when playing black is the one that shows the "most white" it's confusing. help! 

Martin_Stahl
grazwon wrote:

Hi Chess mates. 

When I am playing black and using the chess opening feature to see the different opening lines. Should I go with what shows the most black color in the percentage bar? its confusing that it always shows white, and it looks like the best possible move even when playing black is the one that shows the "most white" it's confusing. help! 

 

Just because a move/line was played a lot and had decent results for a certain color, doesn't necessarily mean it is a good line. If you don't understand the positions reached in line, it probably won't do any good to follow it, since you may not know what is going on once the line diverges.

grazwon

That’s not what I meant. It always shows what is “best for white” even when you’re playing black. I am wondering if that’s a misinforming color arrangement on the diagram.