Mine shows a very strong preference for black
46% on the dot based on my performance: 25-13-2 as White and 61-18-4 as Black (not counting my one unrated game)
100*0.65(0.75+0.65)= 46%
Of course I have played a TON more games as black at this point.
but I am clearly more comfortable defending and stiffling attacks than at creating my own.
edit: BTW, nice thread Gatecrasher. I recced it.
53.07% - I found this surprising too, always thought I did better as black, I definitely prefer playing as black. I think people playing white (myself included) are sometimes too eager to start an attack, but their pieces aren't ready for it, and then a good defence for black and counter-attack will win the game.
Interesting thread gatecrasher.
Originally posted by PonderableAfter I managed to have more wins than losses with black I calculated my score new and found
I just refloat this thread with my new rating (still nearer to the average:
46,6%
Black: 402 won 46 drawn 412 lost (49,4 😵
White: 214 won 33 drawn 288 lost (43,1 😵
BS= 0,500
WS= 0,448
A score of 47,3%
It came as a surprise to me that I come nearer to 50% every time
previous scores:
43,3 (Oct 05)
44,9 (Nov 05)
46,6 (June 06)
47,3 (Sep 06)
Originally posted by tmetzlerscore = 0.5284768 / (0.5284768 + 0.5066756) = 0.510530
(WW+WD/2)/WG
(341 + 77/2)/723 = 0.524896
(BB+BD/2)/BG
(324 + 78/2)/714 = 0.508403
score = 0.524896/(0.524896+0.508403) = 0.507998
Since this thread was started I have gone:
.49345 --> .507998 --> .510530
My white game seems to be improving over my black game.
Originally posted by NordlysI am at 50.75% now - quite a change!
71.43% 😲 (I double-checked...)
When I learned to play (against the computer), I only played white for some time and then started to play black from time to time, but when I joined TFC I had still played mostly white, and I still felt quite uncomfortable playing black. I don't think there's much difference anymore now, although I'll have to finish some more games to see whether that's true or not.
Originally posted by Gatecrasher51.8%
Large game databases show that all things being equal white should trump black about 54% of the time.
Do your results conform to that? Here's a forumla to calculate your %preference for white?
Score = 100* WS/(WS+BS)
where WS = (WW+WD/2)/WG and
BS = (BW+BD/2)/BG
BG, BW, BD are black games, wins and draws, and
WG, WW, WD are white games, win ...[text shortened]... the latter.
What is your score? And what does it tell you about your game, if anything?
In my case, I do think it might be the slightly stronger defence with Black.
Originally posted by tmetzler(WW+WD/2)/WT = WC
Since this thread was started I have gone:
.49345 --> .507998 --> .510530
My white game seems to be improving over my black game.
(BW+BD/2)/BT = BC
WC / (WC+BC) = ANSWER = 0.51216
The Bird continues to soar!
.49345 --> .507998 --> .510530 --> 0.51216