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is it normal to play one game as white and 6-7 in a row as black? i don't think so...not to mention that the time runs faster my side, but that's alright overall. however some things tend to get pathetic on this site..

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You've played 82 games as white and 74 as black.

You've also never played 6 in a row as black.

Conspiracy over.

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gov't shill.

nibiru is near.

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Logic trying to explain 'random' often makes no sense whatsoever.

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piss off mate with your arrogant attitude! ive seen your comments on other threads! you're a damn cocky prick! i never said it's a conspiracy. i've played 3-4 in a row as black and when i saw the 5th i refused, and then i got black again!

find the conspiracy there hammerhead!

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Well, you've played 5 in a row as white 3 times and only once as black.

The reality just doesn't fit with your version of events.

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And in this position, Scottrf played a move, and smthsmth resigned. What is the move?

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smthsmth wrote:

is it normal to play one game as white and 6-7 in a row as black? i don't think so...not to mention that the time runs faster my side, but that's alright overall. however some things tend to get pathetic on this site..

it's due to the government shutdown...

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And...he closed his account

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LongIslandMark wrote:

From a statistical standpoint, you might think 6 in a row as one color is "unusual", but if you play enough games it would be wrong if it did not happen on occasion. 2 to the power 6 is only 64. It would be like rolling two sixes on a pair of dice twice in a row.

Theoretically, yes, if you toss a fair coing long enough, then eventually you will get 1000 heads in a row, 1000 tails in a row, even an alternating sequence of whatever length you specify.  Something to do with large numbers and the proverbial monkey happening onto Shakespeare by chance.  But to answer your later question, paraphrased to make the point, well, I am not sure that I agree with you.  Toss a fair coin 100 times, get 100 heads, what is the probability that you get heads again on the next toss?  In the ivory tower, we have the luxury of ignoring the facts and assuming 1) independence and 2) that the coin actually is fair.  In the real world, however, neither one is likely to be true, and when confronted with 100 heads out of 100 tosses, the only real explanation is that we have an unreliable narrator, who is telling us in the statement of the problem that the coin is fair.  Obviously, it is not.  So the answer is quite likely, maybe even a certainty.  That said, there may also be some algorithm in how Chess.com assigns colors, so there may not be independence either.

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It isn't random on chess.com, if you get a certain colours a few times, you're less likely to get it next.

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is there anything wrong with being the black pieces alot of the time for me the answer is emphatically NO i went a whole winter season for my club as black and enjoyed every minute of it (21 games in 1hr 35 a game)