Survey. White vs Black - Your score?

Survey. White vs Black - Your score?

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10 Nov 06

46.3% for my games here, but 50.4% for my OTB games.

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The sky

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10 Nov 06

Originally posted by monster truck
Congratulations!
Good idea to check occasionally to see if there's any improvement.
It could be improvement with the black pieces, or it could be deprovement with the white pieces.

The Rude©

who knows?

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10 Nov 06

Playing white: won 1378-drawn 257-lost 979

Playing black: won 948-drawn 207-lost 745

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Leeds, England

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11 Nov 06

50.6 for me

K
Juuso

Under the North Star

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11 Nov 06

Mine is pretty close to the average: 53.2

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11 Nov 06

Hmm I haven't really played a lot but here's mine anyhow:

White: Played 2, Won 1, Lost 1.

Black: Played 7, Won 5, Lost 2.

I think it's fairly obvious I play better with Black.

Hmmm...

Score = 100* WS/(WS+BS),

Score = 100 x 0.5/(0.5+0.72) = about 40.9%. No surprise. It'll get more even after I play a few White games :p.

G
Whale watching

33°36'S 26°53'E

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This thread is over a year old now.

But my score hasn't changed much, 50.5% compared to 50.4% a year ago.

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Losing the Thread

Quarantined World

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11 Nov 06

Originally posted by Gatecrasher
This thread is over a year old now.

But my score hasn't changed much, 50.5% compared to 50.4% a year ago.
Yes, people seem to like digging up ancient threads.

I recalculated and went from 50.4% to 50.1%.

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D_U_N_E

Arrakis

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11 Nov 06

49.9% Amazingly close.

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11 Nov 06
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i play most games as black cuz i like black better, so my results should be a little weird. at uchess:

TOTAL: W 76 L 41 D 1

as white: W 11 L 13 D 0 TOTAL 24

as black: W 54 L 28 D 1

i dont really understand the formula, i need help with it lol

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Whale watching

33°36'S 26°53'E

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Originally posted by EcstremeVenom
i play most games as black cuz i like black better, so my results should be a little weird. at uchess:

TOTAL: W 76 L 41 D 1

as white: W 11 L 13 D 0 TOTAL 24

as black: W 54 L 28 D 1

i dont really understand the formula, i need help with it lol
41.1%

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D_U_N_E

Arrakis

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12 Nov 06

Originally posted by Gatecrasher
41.1%
Originally posted by EcstremeVenom
i play most games as black cuz i like black better, so my results should be a little weird. at uchess:

TOTAL: W 76 L 41 D 1
as white: W 11 L 13 D 0 TOTAL 24
as black: W 54 L 28 D 1

Which means you play better as Black than White. My suggestion would be to change your opening for White.

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The sky

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Originally posted by arrakis
My suggestion would be to change your opening for White.
Or simply play more games with white. I had the opposite problem, so I forced myself to play more with black, and I gradually got more comfortable with it.

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12 Nov 06

Originally posted by Gatecrasher
41.1%
41.1%? that sounds really bad, thats the lowest ive seen.

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Originally posted by Nordlys
Or simply play more games with white. I had the opposite problem, so I forced myself to play more with black, and I gradually got more comfortable with it.
i play d4 as white recently, do you know any openings where it would feel like i was playing black? to me when you play black, white usually has a pawn in the middle before you do, i dont like being the first one with the pawn in the middle. so do you sugesst any moves other than with the e pawn, d pawn or c pawn?
Edit: i was thinking of starting with a fianchetto