I am writing it here so that there is a record of me first proposing this idea (incase someone later says that they invented this idea, they didn't i did, and this here post is a record of such idea, thus preserved and copyrighted).. I propose that in the interest of harmony - BOTH black and white move first. Hereby chess is solved. One love. EDIT: i see above that someone already had my idea... ok... new idea.... NOBODY starts first. fin.
In chess, why does white go first?
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Nov 6, 2024
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KeSetoKaiba wrote:
Srinibas_Masanta wrote:
My curiosity lead me to this question.
Please comment if know you the reason or any info. regarding this topic..
Historically, either side was able to move first. Players would just decide who goes first in each game; sometimes white and sometimes black. It was only decided that white should move first circa year 1500s so that standardizing could make writing opening notation easier.
p.s. My comment will probably get buried, but this is what I heard regarding why white moves first. Unrelated topic, but if you want to play Chaturanga (game chess originated from), it is a chess.com variant! https://www.chess.com/variants/chaturanga
your comment did not get buried, it was what Google gave to me as an answer.
Racism
Nov 6, 2024
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Incidentally in Go and Shogi (Japanese Chess) the side that goes first is designated as Black, the other side is White.
I beat the magnus Carlsen the magnus with 2882 score it is every easy
cause chess is racist but in the new chess 2 update there will be an option for black to go first
It’s the color usually because its white not being racis also I’m dark skinned its very weird but it is what it is
DSi-camera wrote:
cause chess is racist but in the new chess 2 update there will be an option for black to go first
Oh, absolutely! Chess 2 is going to be so groundbreaking—just imagine, a whole new world where black pieces have a turn-first option! It’ll totally fix centuries of opening theory because that’s been the real issue with chess all along, right? Forget about memorizing 1.e4, now we can worry about 1...g5 instead! I heard they're even adding a ‘choose your color based on your mood’ feature. Who knew equality was just a patch away?
I thought of a chess variant in which black gets to make the same number of moves as white. Instead of checkmate, the king has to be captured. If white captures black's king, black can draw the game if he captures white's king on the same move.
racism.
in go black goes first.
because light begins the day
Bruh who downvoted my post its just a joke💀
Jan 29, 2025
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If black goes first, then in a few years they will be asking why black goes first
Jan 29, 2025
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#57
When chess was first created, black was considered a “lucky” colour and so white went first to even the odds
its 2025 and the answer is still racism
Probably they just want to make it like that
I don't know.