The Advantage White has over Black makes chess unplayable

When will we see power balancing?

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superkret@feddit.org · 37 pts · 2y (2 replies)

As usual, the issues of the Hispanic chess figures are swept under the board.

AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y

Large websites like chess.cum don't even have a Hispanic option.

TheTechnician27@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

🫏h1

PugJesus@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 2y (1 reply)

As you can see, White has gotten more mean over time. And people wonder why chess is declining!

AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

It's sad but true

lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 15 pts · 2y (1 reply)

That's why most modern tournaments use Black and Hispanic pieces now

AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

Definitely a more balanced approach but feels like a waste to discard an entire color like that.

FiskFisk33@startrek.website · 7 pts · 2y

also, the mean rises sharply while the median hasn't even reached pre 2008 levels again.

meaning a sharply increasing distance between high and low wages if my statistics chops aren't completely off.

Floshie@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 2y

maybe, but they are growing /j