Yes, but the difference between win rates shouldn't be that much. Usually it's around 5%, 18% isn't normal.
Improving with the black pieces.
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hey, choose sicilian or carokann vs e4 and vs d4 cant give any ferm response, basically choose an opening and learn it well.
btw you need to study some materials on sicilian and caro but it will pay off 
SpotlessMind24 wrote:
hey, choose sicilian or carokann vs e4 and vs d4 cant give any ferm response, basically choose an opening and learn it well.
btw you need to study some materials on sicilian and caro but it will pay off
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Jan 9, 2021
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#5
Thank you, I think I'll try the Caro-Kann. Against d4 I usually don't have any problems.
you may need to sort out how many games you played as black and white and then see if there is a large discrepancy, before you conclude that you play worse when black. it's possible that you have significantly fewer games as black, and therefore 52% could really be a small amount and still inconclusive at this point.
Jan 9, 2021
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#8
My personal opinion is that you always seem to be on the verge of an existential crisis.
i see. i still think around 400 games is a small sample size but if you really want to improve your results when playing black, you can make a conscious effort when playing black to either
play more aggressively and avoid symmetry as much as possible, and play the game until bare kings if need be, extracting every possibility to win. this should increase wins, but also is quite risky and if you don't do your work beforehand this could backfire.
play in a technical manner, trying to grind down opponents, and focus more on not losing. this could be boring but very reliable in the long run.
i personally don't like using metrics that are vague to tell me whether i am getting better or worse. i think win percentage falls into vague. i prefer looking over my own games and finding out why i lost and why i won. and if i played well regardless of the result. but that's just me.
These here are my rapid stats:
- current rating 1349
- games played 333
- win rate with WHITE 70%
- win rate with BLACK 52%
After playing more than 300 games it becomes clear that I'm much worse with black compared to white. What do you think could be the cause and how can I improve? Is it a psychological thing or do I just need to study some openings?