In chess, why does white go first?
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It’s the rule.
I don't know.
I am writing it here so that there is a record of me first proposing this idea (incase someone later says that they invented this idea, they didn't i did, and this here post is a record of such idea, thus preserved and copyrighted).. I propose that in the interest of harmony - BOTH black and white move first. Hereby chess is solved. One love. EDIT: i see above that someone already had my idea... ok... new idea.... NOBODY starts first. fin.
KeSetoKaiba wrote:
Srinibas_Masanta wrote:
My curiosity lead me to this question.
Please comment if know you the reason or any info. regarding this topic..
Historically, either side was able to move first. Players would just decide who goes first in each game; sometimes white and sometimes black. It was only decided that white should move first circa year 1500s so that standardizing could make writing opening notation easier.
p.s. My comment will probably get buried, but this is what I heard regarding why white moves first. Unrelated topic, but if you want to play Chaturanga (game chess originated from), it is a chess.com variant! https://www.chess.com/variants/chaturanga
your comment did not get buried, it was what Google gave to me as an answer.
Racism
Incidentally in Go and Shogi (Japanese Chess) the side that goes first is designated as Black, the other side is White.
I beat the magnus Carlsen the magnus with 2882 score it is every easy
cause chess is racist but in the new chess 2 update there will be an option for black to go first