In the tournaments I organise I have the boards raised half an inch on the black side - this makes white have to play slightly up hill which evens things out especially in long end games where stamina becomes a factor.
Chess isn't fair but I can fix it
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Hey wait a minute I am left-handed.
kco wrote:
then white get 3 and black get 4 and so on ...
That's proggresive chess. a variant. Technically the swiss and knockout systems of tournaments aren't fair either. Also, groups technically aren't fair either. To make chess more fair, you alternate sides, but the only way to make it completely fair s to do a double-round robin even with thousands of playera. Life sisn't fair. get over it.
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jim995, I learned that life isn't fair when I was just five-years-old and my parents would not let me take a toad I found with me when we moved. Things just went downhill from there.
But then at 17 I learned how to move the chessmen and the world took on a whole new meaning! And then I joined chess.com and things are looking even better, but I haven't believed life was fair since I was 5.
Crosspinner wrote:
jim995, I learned that life isn't fair when I was just five-years-old and my parents would not let me take a toad I found with me when we moved. Things just went downhill from there.
But then at 17 I learned how to move the chessmen and the world took on a whole new meaning! And then I joined chess.com and things are looking even better, but I haven't believed life was fair since I was 5.
When I was 5 my father made me alight the train at Crewe.
As I looked up through tear-streamed eyes imploring him for an explanation he merely shouted "Survive!"
It was a great early lesson in life not being fair and if I ever do see him again I will thank him sincerely for making me the man I am today.
Oct 23, 2010
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Beast719 wrote:
Crosspinner wrote:
jim995, I learned that life isn't fair when I was just five-years-old and my parents would not let me take a toad I found with me when we moved. Things just went downhill from there.
But then at 17 I learned how to move the chessmen and the world took on a whole new meaning! And then I joined chess.com and things are looking even better, but I haven't believed life was fair since I was 5.
When I was 5 my father made me alight the train at Crewe.
As I looked up through tear-streamed eyes imploring him for an explanation he merely shouted "Survive!"
It was a great early lesson in life not being fair and if I ever do see him again I will thank him sincerely for making me the man I am today.
My toad story is true, but not that it bothered me that much. However, your experience must have truly been an awaking to life not being fair, even more so depending on what year that occurred. Often what seems unfair at the time is a blessing in the long run. I, too, wish now I could thank my father for many things he did for me, but they do not compare to what you experienced.
What happened to your thread about obese Grandmasters?
the actual answer is to alternate sides...(after each move!)
All is fair in love and chess. :P
Beast719 wrote:
for every move that white gets, black gets two.
1. e4 d5, dxe5
2. Bc4 b5, bxc4
3. Nc3 Bg5, Bxd1
4. Nxd1 c3, cxd2+
5. Bxd2 e3, Qxd2+
6. Kf1 e2, e1=Q#
Sounds like a fair game to me. I am totally in favor.
My passive-aggressive boss treats me like dirt. I wouldn't even say that's not fair. Its life...Now, life...Life isn't fair. Chess emulates life, so you could look at it that way (I think that's too philosophical
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Its fair because tournament rules have players alternate. That's what makes it fair. The suggestion about giving Black two moves after white would then give BLACK the distinct advantage in tempo and board control. 
I know I don't understand chess very well, but I do understand that.
Best!
Mike
I know how to make this game fairer, both players write down thier move (without showing it to each other) when ready they show thier move and move it at the same time but the rules will get complicated when attacking.
Both players write down their move -- and then flip a coin to see which move is played.