Is Chess Racist?

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EdgaTroll

White ALWAYS goes first, and black must wait for them.

Black ALWAYS goes second, and must react to White's action.

The White King sits to the left of the White Queen, while the Black King is to the right of the Black Queen.

Black never has a chance at White's position.

What would happen if Chess were played Black going first?  The pieces would remain in the same position as normal - would this change the game?

What would happen if Chess were played with both sides in essentially the same position (Both King's oppose the other sides queen) and whoever goes first is random? Then a second game must be played where the other player gets to go first.

What other ways could chess be played?

Raspberry_Yoghurt

It would be cool if players had to move at the same time, so you didnt know the other ones move before you moved.

Like you said 1 ... 2 .... 3 .... GO! and then both moved.

SaintGermain32105

Right, we can just throw a dice, and if we are out of luck we can throw the entire damn furniture out of the window.

Raspberry_Yoghurt
SaintGermain32105 wrote:

Right, we can just throw a dice, and if we are out of luck we can throw the entire damn furniture out of the window.

This is very hardcore game, to play when you are bored and want something to happen. You need to be 2 people with furnished apartment and have a dice to play.

1: Throw all you furniture out you the window

2: Roll again

3: Roll again

4: Roll again

5: Roll again

6: Your opponent must throw all his furniture out the window

CrunchyTheOgre
Chess was a game played by Kings! Kings created it as an alternative to war. In that way the Kings and there Kingdoms where spared ! The board was huge and the pieces where made up of criminals that where sentenced to death and they actually stood atop the board.
Drawgood
What's written above me is a myth. Chess wasn't invented as an alternative to war.

Also the stuff about chess being racist is just immature and juvenile.
GnrfFrtzl

Just so you know, the 'white moves first' rule became a rule only in the later half on the 19th century, where serious tournaments were started and players needed a strict, official ruleset to avoid confusion.
Before that, players just simply agreed on who goes first.


Even Anderssen's immortal game (against Kieseritzky) was played in this old fashion.
Anderssen had the black pieces and went first, we just show it in the modern fashion, as if he was playing white.

MonkeyH
EdgaTroll wrote:

White ALWAYS goes first, and black must wait for them.

Black ALWAYS goes second, and must react to White's action.

The White King sits to the left of the White Queen, while the Black King is to the right of the Black Queen.

Black never has a chance at White's position.

What would happen if Chess were played Black going first?  The pieces would remain in the same position as normal - would this change the game?

What would happen if Chess were played with both sides in essentially the same position (Both King's oppose the other sides queen) and whoever goes first is random? Then a second game must be played where the other player gets to go first.

What other ways could chess be played?

This discussion would be fun if it wasn't the million time discussed, also you are making it racist by putting it into a racist perspective. Chess is not racist, you are!

Goth123

The subject is chess not race. Europe is more advanced than Africa. Is that racist? You can expect such replies if you talk about race.

MonkeyH

Hmm but Europe and Africa aren't races or anything, just continents lol

AutisticCath

"The White King sits to the left of the White Queen, while the Black King is to the right of the Black Queen."

I think OP is directionally challenged...

Murgen

Are zebras racist?

And if so which ones suffer the most... the white ones with black stripes or the black ones with white stripes?

Sitting-Duck

Chess is clearly racist because native American Indians are excluded ,it is also highly sexist because players are not allowed the freedom to decide if they would prefer two queens or two kings instead of a king and queen. Then there is the whole religious thing forced down the throats of non christians. Lastly it is a war game and therefor against peace and brotherly love. Chess sucks big time and I am amazed it is not banned globally already. we live in a sick world.

weggman

Raspberry_Yoghurt wrote:

SaintGermain32105 wrote:

Right, we can just throw a dice, and if we are out of luck we can throw the entire damn furniture out of the window.

This is very hardcore game, to play when you are bored and want something to happen. You need to be 2 people with furnished apartment and have a dice to play.

1: Throw all you furniture out you the window

2: Roll again

3: Roll again

4: Roll again

5: Roll again

6: Your opponent must throw all his furniture out the window

Used to play this and ran out of furniture quick. now I just keep extra diceand some IKEA furniture in my storage room in case the desire returns.

FRENCHBASHER

First we say chess is faCHist because it is order in two camps, not international peace on the board.

Chess is maCHist because you can lose 8 queens, and only one king!

Chess is sexCHist because the gender is clearlu that king makes pawns with Queen. Kings is not gay, not yet.

Imagine a chess game with two Kings, two Queens, and both players starting to play simultaenously ..on the same board. It is kind ofreal today world, son of anarchy.

Hope no one is offended, this thread is beyond any analysis. We love that.

Beware, First, faCHists are on the chess board too.  It is time to prohibe this dangerous game, could be a good idea for some inspired religious consultant having nothing to fight against, except champaign.Laughing

FRENCHBASHER
Murgen a écrit :

Are zebras racist?

And if so which ones suffer the most... the white ones with black stripes or the black ones with white stripes?

+1 

ooops! another idea : both camps play with the same colour, and NOT to traumatize and schock UNO peoplel

taking care of children, it should be forbidden to ...WIN!

We submit that to european Parliament, they are almost unemployed now UK leaves us.Laughing.

Dodger111
Drawgood wrote:
What's written above me is a myth. Chess wasn't invented as an alternative to war.

Also the stuff about chess being racist is just immature and juvenile.

Don't laugh, I've read that in prison it's common for blacks to play chess where black moves first, and the board is set up with the black square on the right, because "white is on the right" is racist, etc. 

Bells_in_the_Night
Dodger111 wrote:
Drawgood wrote:
What's written above me is a myth. Chess wasn't invented as an alternative to war.

Also the stuff about chess being racist is just immature and juvenile.

Don't laugh, I've read that in prison it's common for blacks to play chess where black moves first, and the board is set up with the black square on the right, because "white is on the right" is racist, etc. 

Ah yes, prison, that bubbling pool of evolution that is producing the best and the brightest.

TheBlunderfulPlayer

Something seems familiar... It's another topic about chess being racist! Here we go again...

HariThy

Of course as an Intersectional feminist,mixed latino african polygender non-binary androgenous austigender with bpd (Self-diagnosed), otherkin,fictionkin,xe/xer pronous please u.u with 3 degrees,Gender studies,Race studies and Imperial Relations and Opression in history i can affirm that Chess is completely racist and used by white cis straight male to opress womyn and minorities