How to start a challenge as Black?

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Whenever I start a challenge against a random opponent, I always get the white pieces. How can I get the black pieces?

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TopQuark1 wrote:

Whenever I start a challenge against a random opponent, I always get the white pieces. How can I get the black pieces?

It should be about 50/50.

You can choose colors only in an unrated challenge.

 

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notmtwain wrote:
TopQuark1 wrote:

Whenever I start a challenge against a random opponent, I always get the white pieces. How can I get the black pieces?

It should be about 50/50.

You can choose colors only in an unrated challenge.

 

This is incorrect, you can choose colours in a rated challenge. I can't see how to do it on the web, but if you check open challenges on iOS, then create a challenge from that screen, you can choose a colour.

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I guess that's true in daily chess.

It isn't true in live chess.