Why is there more ratio of me getting black than white?

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Rapid Games as White - 197

Rapid Games as Black - 204

And it does not end here.

Blitz Games as White - 98

Blitz Games as Black - 101

Okay, looks like Bullet favours White more. 

But seriously, Rapid and Blitz are Classical time controls; everyone plays it.

And if we add White = 157 + 98 + 197 + 2 (for Daily) = 454 GAMES

And for black, 204 + 101 + 154 + 2 (DAILY AGAIN) = 461 GAMES

And if we subtract, 461 - 454 = SERIOUSLY? 7 GAMES MORE?

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frrr

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...

???

7 games is about 0.7% of all the games you've played and thats just a ridiculously tiny thing to be complaining about

if it was like 20 or 30 sure i get it but really. 7.

why are you complaining.

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sob

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Wait... aren't you Justin Gao? That 14 years old guy? I think I met a treasure... YAY!!!

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BTW I am younger than you, like 11 or so. Getting back to the topic, look at my win rate for black. It is hardly 52%. In white I am 55 - 56%. A LOT MORE. I mean I do not have a problem in my rating, but mathematically calculating, I could be stuck to a similar rating for years. And 7 is still a very strong number.

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Sturm_Gambit wrote:

SERIOUSLY?

That's the biggest problem on chess.com, no doubts

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Sturm_Gambit wrote:

BTW I am younger than you, like 11 or so. Getting back to the topic, look at my win rate for black. It is hardly 52%. In white I am 55 - 56%. A LOT MORE. I mean I do not have a problem in my rating, but mathematically calculating, I could be stuck to a similar rating for years. And 7 is still a very strong number.

A difference of 7 isn't very large. As you play more games it's likely the difference will decrease over the long run.

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I feel like the chance is 51% black and 49% white, but is mathematically incorrect, so idk why but i think me same

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Sturm_Gambit wrote:

Wait... aren't you Justin Gao? That 14 years old guy? I think I met a treasure... YAY!!!

lol well my name and fide id are kinda mandatory in my profile so you could look it up but yeah

nice

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Sturm_Gambit wrote:

Rapid Games as White - 197

Rapid Games as Black - 204

And it does not end here.

Blitz Games as White - 98

Blitz Games as Black - 101

Okay, looks like Bullet favours White more.

But seriously, Rapid and Blitz are Classical time controls; everyone plays it.

And if we add White = 157 + 98 + 197 + 2 (for Daily) = 454 GAMES

And for black, 204 + 101 + 154 + 2 (DAILY AGAIN) = 461 GAMES

And if we subtract, 461 - 454 = SERIOUSLY? 7 GAMES MORE?

How much more even could you ask for? And honestly at your level openings are the last thing that decides your games. And color choice like openings is not going to decide your games.

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1. You don't seem to understand the definition of word "random".

2. All "legit" players will have slightly less completed games as white over a large averaged sampling. Why? Because of dillweeds with new accounts who think they can get an advantage by playing when they get white and aborting games when they get black. This is detected quickly and they get sanctioned for it, but nevertheless this has a tiny impact on the overall games being played.

3. At your rating, it makes no significant difference whatsoever. You have bigger fish to fry.

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Hello, with “random” events, you cannot always expect an exact 50/50 outcome. Try flipping a coin. After a few flips, you might find that it is still 50/50, but as you flip more, you’ll start to see small differences. Maybe 51% heads, 49% tails. Is the coin rigged? Of course not. You’ve just, by chance, flipped heads more. It’s the same with your assigned color in chess. It won’t be 50/50. The extra games as one color is just randomness doing its thing. Over time, it will start to get closer and closer to 50/50, just like your coin flips do, but it will almost never be exactly 50/50.
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A small discrepancy can be expected. If you’ve played 1,000 games and have played Black 7 more times than White, that’s just you rolling Black more. Chess.com is being fair. Eventually, the randomness will even out, and you may eventually even end up with a higher White play rate. If, over 1,000 games, you got Black 70% of the time, however, that’d be a pretty big difference. A small difference is negligible. Just like coin flips, your results won’t always be 50/50. But with more flips, the results will eventually even out.
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Felt that too but then I keep getting white after that