Re-Challenge (white / black)

Does anyone else find it annoying when you play a random player and get to sit as black first, only to get beaten, honourably resign and request a new game (as white) and get declined?

I wish there was an option (or check box) whereby you submit or accept that if you sit at a table and play as White first, then you must accept a challenge or forfeit the game (if you decline). Or to make things easier, you submit to a two game minimum.

Why does it matter to you? What is a difference between playing your next game as white against same (random) player or against another (random) player? Check your stats - on average we all play roughly same number of games as white and as black.

In my case I believe it works out to 51%b-49%w so you're right. But, there is a distinct advantage to white, so if you are playing only one game [as black] against someone then you have consistently less chance to improve your rating.

First move advantage:

White wins 37.35% Black wins 27.41% Drawn 35.23%

I didn't quite understand your point about rating. You play your next game as white and have a chance to improve your rating - rating change doesn't depend on playing against same opponent or another one.Taking number of games played it all evens out in the end.

Regarding the stats - 37.35%/27.41%/35.23% - I guess it is for masters playing classical chess. Yet I've never heard them complain that they only play once against every of their opponents in vast majority of competitions. I guess for amateurs first-move advantage is less than for masters, for blitz probably less than for classical.

my point is: if you play just one game (as black) you have a dissadvantage (stated above). If you play 2 games (1 as black and 1 as white) against the same opponent then the "true" value of the rating is present because each has had a turn atfirst move  advantage.

However in random games, when you play 1 game as black - the next game is not guaranteed to be white (unless opponent accepts a challenge). What happenes (quite often in here) is you play as black, and if White wins they leave without a rematch. Then, if you select another random game and are seated as white, the black player "forfeits" without moving (hence not affecting his rating). so, although it showsyou played a game as white, you really didn't.

I would guess here at chess.com that inorder to get a game at random you probably have to be willing to play 60% of the time as "black".

I still don't understand - if you play 2nd game as white against same player he can also forfeit without moving, so why this is better than playing as white against random player?

Is this a common problem? Do you see many players who forfeit without moving as black? Actually the solution is simple - games that don't affect rating should not affect W vs B stats neither. May be chess.com staff could shed some light on this issue...