Points should be different for white compared with black

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I believe OP is asking for this system at this site only where your color is random (in live games)

Red Gril is not impressed!!

I thought there were already allowances in place to accomodate the advantage white has. Not just alternating colors, but also tie breaks where a draw equals a win for black, with white having more time. So far that seems to be working out pretty well to keep things even. 

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i think he literally just got banned lol

conspiracy theories being thrown around now!! entertainment

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I see. My bad.

yeah.

What the OP and others forgot is that there are variables to this. It's not just the first move that can be considered an advantage. it's also what kind of playstyles are matching up, who's a stronger player, etc. Plus also black is the one that dictates what opening will be played so its not like whites first move is just a clearcut move advantage. 

I'm surprised at how many people are disagreeing for completely irrelevant reasons. Apparently very few people understand what the rating system is, what it aspires to be, how it works, etc.

I believe it's simply that white gets to choose what prep to go into, and can do some offbeat things. That combined with having the initiative is enough sometimes, but white doesn't have a real advantage... at least not quantifiable.

It's been quantified a number of times in this topic already.

So I'll add to my list that people may not understand the impact of moving first.

... I didn't read the entire thing, sorry, so I'm not very enlightened right now. Also, my winrate is higher with black than with white so use that evidence as you will.

I also have a higher winrate with black.

I don't think that matters though. That would be like arguing "I should win more / lose less points in _____ opening because I personally play it well/poorly" -- that doesn't make any sense.

Anyway, I disagree with too many people in this topic and on too fundamental a level to want to post here.

Yes I was referring to the random pairings on here.

Saying "it evens out in random matchups" isn't a valid argument, because you could make the same argument with respect to random opponents being higher or lower rating than you. But  in that case chess.com doesn't say "dude whatever it will eventually even out" and make every single match +8/-8. Instead it changes the win/loss points accordingly to the rating. Therefore it makes sense to also change it based on black/white. So when determining win/loss points, treat the person with white as if they were slightly higher than their real rating. Done.

Most serious critical on you is probably @Soniasthetics.  Try to convince her first and let us see.

She referenced tournament situations where colors are cycled (not the situation here) and ignored all the relevant data people posted, showing white's advantage. But maybe you're right she should be addressed, since she wrote:

"This idea is pointless because usually in tournaments and in competitive play like the world chess championships, or candidate tournaments etc, you alternate between colours..."

So then... why do they alternate colors in tournaments? QED