Option to choose color when creating custom challenge

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springyboard

I just tried to create a custom daily challenge against a random opponent. The interface has changed and I cannot find the option to choose my color (which appears to be randomly determined). Where is it? If truly missing, could it be brought back?

notmtwain
springyboard wrote:

I just tried to create a custom daily challenge against a random opponent. The interface has changed and I cannot find the option to choose my color (which appears to be randomly determined). Where is it? If truly missing, could it be brought back?

You can only choose color in an unrated game.

It has always been that way.

Justinpatzer

notmtwain wrote:

springyboard wrote:

I just tried to create a custom daily challenge against a random opponent. The interface has changed and I cannot find the option to choose my color (which appears to be randomly determined). Where is it? If truly missing, could it be brought back?

You can only choose color in an unrated game.

It has always been that way.

This isn't true. I have been choosing colour ever since I started playing regularly, though the colour-choosing function seemed to exist only when on chess.com on my latop and not when on the Android app. But though I was able to do this as recently as five days ago, I can't now.

notmtwain
Justinpatzer wrote:

 

notmtwain wrote:

 

springyboard wrote:

I just tried to create a custom daily challenge against a random opponent. The interface has changed and I cannot find the option to choose my color (which appears to be randomly determined). Where is it? If truly missing, could it be brought back?

You can only choose color in an unrated game.

It has always been that way.

 

This isn't true. I have been choosing colour ever since I started playing regularly, though the colour-choosing function seemed to exist only when on chess.com on my latop and not when on the Android app. But though I was able to do this as recently as five days ago, I can't now.

 

Hmm, you have played 20 games here in 9 years. Your white/black balance is pretty even. 

Justinpatzer

notmtwain wrote:

Justinpatzer wrote:

 

notmtwain wrote:

 

springyboard wrote:

I just tried to create a custom daily challenge against a random opponent. The interface has changed and I cannot find the option to choose my color (which appears to be randomly determined). Where is it? If truly missing, could it be brought back?

You can only choose color in an unrated game.

It has always been that way.

 

This isn't true. I have been choosing colour ever since I started playing regularly, though the colour-choosing function seemed to exist only when on chess.com on my latop and not when on the Android app. But though I was able to do this as recently as five days ago, I can't now.

 

Hmm, you have played 20 games here in 9 years. Your white/black balance is pretty even. 

notmtwain wrote: Hmm, you have played 20 games here in 9 years. Your white/black balance is pretty even.  Fourteen of them in the last two months, though, playing one black and one white at the same time (hence the colour balance).

harbi_canoshi

It will be like Reservoir Dogs.

Everybody will want to be White. 

springyboard
Justinpatzer 写道:

 

notmtwain wrote:

 

springyboard wrote:

I just tried to create a custom daily challenge against a random opponent. The interface has changed and I cannot find the option to choose my color (which appears to be randomly determined). Where is it? If truly missing, could it be brought back?

You can only choose color in an unrated game.

It has always been that way.

 

This isn't true. I have been choosing colour ever since I started playing regularly, though the colour-choosing function seemed to exist only when on chess.com on my latop and not when on the Android app. But though I was able to do this as recently as five days ago, I can't now.

 

To clarify, I know the option is not available on iPad, so I use my laptop (where the option has been there for years) to create my games.

 

springyboard
harbi_canoshi 写道:

It will be like Reservoir Dogs.

Everybody will want to be White. 

Not true. I want the option to choose color to ensure I play 50% as White and 50% as Black. Random cannot guarantee that (if I create four games with random color, I may end up playing the same color in all four).

notmtwain
springyboard wrote:
harbi_canoshi 写道:

It will be like Reservoir Dogs.

Everybody will want to be White. 

Not true. I want the option to choose color to ensure I play 50% as White and 50% as Black. Random cannot guarantee that (if I create four games with random color, I may end up playing the same color in all four).

Yes, within 4 games, random color assignment won't guarantee 2 blacks and 2 whites, but over the long term, random assignment works quite well.

Leaving it up to individuals doesn't. Some of them will choose all white or all black.

Aboutaverage

I was hoping this thread was going to answer my question,but it hasn't- have received two challenges saying,'I play white',then it's set up with me on white. I don't want to be assigned white in every game,especially when it's a rematch and I've had white in the first game-can't find out how to change it ,though(if possible).

Aboutaverage

I was hoping this thread was going to answer my question,but it hasn't- have received two challenges saying,'I play white',then it's set up with me on white. I don't want to be assigned white in every game,especially when it's a rematch and I've had white in the first game-can't find out how to change it ,though(if possible).