That is true, but I have never realized that. Also, since it is further into the game, it doesn't matter who goes first. However, that is a very good point.
Why are all chess.com puzzle white to play?
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Good point!
Tactics trainer is not all white to play.
I guess that it's not that I didn't realize it, it's that it's not true.
Many of the tactics are from actual games. The compositions are usually white to play and in normal games white's win rate is higher so it is normal to have more white to play tactics.
It's racist, pure and simple. Why does black go second all the time? Shouldn't it alternate?
Actually all races are allowed to solve the puzzles on chess.com!
I just did a black to move TT.
Jul 9, 2013
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It's interesting you brought this up. I just finished rereading 1984 (one of my all time favorites) and Orwell mentions this when Winston is solving a chess problem towards the end of the book.
there is both colors in tatics trainer, but it's the daily puzzle that's always white
Jul 10, 2013
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Estragon pretty much summed it all up here, however since the OP would like Black to not be the loser so often I'll point out that endgame books (such as BCE for instance) often examine positions in which "White to move wins" but "Black to move draws" and such positions are often relatively common and they can occur with either side on the move.
Redglove6 wrote:
It's racist, pure and simple. Why does black go second all the time? Shouldn't it alternate?
not the chess is racist thread again!
The question plain and simple, why?
I mean the color won't make any difference but you know make it fair for both, black should get the chance sometimes