How uneven!

Does anyone have the same pattern as me, or am i just wierd. Ive lost about 20 games to timeouts since joining here. No biggie, but my win loss record as white and black is dramatically different!!!!

As white
72 Wins
36 Losses
12 Draws

As Black
51 Wins
40 Losses
6 Draws

I do believe thats a just a lil crazy!!!!

do you use an opening book more as white?

here are my stats:
As white
357 Wins 60%
160 Losses 27%
76 Draws 13%

As Black
387 Wins 58%
186 Losses 28%
92 Draws 14%

pretty even for me, I play a bit better as black.
as white: won:43 drawn:4 lost: 83

as black: won: 50 drawn: 2 lost: 81

ah well... still not very impressive 😕

Angie 😀

As white
64 Wins 58.71%
40 Losses 36.69%
5 Draws 4.58%

As Black
89 Wins 61.37%
49 Losses 33.79%
7 Draws 4.82%

No, but im more confident with my white play, but still i never ever thought that the numbers would be so different. Ive played alot of higher rated players, and that could also be another reason too...just because i figure that as black, i will lose more to players at a stronger level?? I dont know. Im thinking of going through my games to see if there is a pattern.

Originally posted by ItsYouThatIAdore
No, but im more confident with my white play, but still i never ever thought that the numbers would be so different. Ive played alot of higher rated players, and that could also be another reason too...just because i figure that as black, i will lose more to players at a stronger level?? I dont know. Im thinking of going through my games to see if there is a pattern.

as White
78 wins 85%
8 losses 9%
6 draws 6%
as Black
75 wins 84%
8 losses 9%
6 draws 7%

seems Im pretty constant.

Originally posted by ItsYouThatIAdore
No, but im more confident with my white play, but still i never ever thought that the numbers would be so different. Ive played alot of higher rated players, and that could also be another reason too...just because i figure that as black, i will lose more to players at a stronger level?? I dont know. Im thinking of going through my games to see if there is a pattern.

Originally posted by flexmore
i while ago ... i had better stats as black (carokann) ... so i changed my white opening to head towards carokann positions with a move up my sleave - it seems to have worked.

i was thinking of asking russ to change my username to "P to QB3" !

wow this is really suprising, i do better as black
i guess someone had to, but i always feel more comfortable playing white ... weird

as white:
win 112 - 52%
lose 95 - 45%
draw 7 - 3%

as black
win 116 - 56%
lose 82 - 39%
draw - 5%

White

63-51-2 = 55.17%

Black

73-54-4 = 57.25%

Not a whole lot goin' on thar.

White W 36 D 3 L 45 White win% = 42.8%
Black W 54 D 4 L 42 Black win% = 54%

Which is weird, because until I joined this site (a few months ago), I only ever played against the computer - and I always played as white...

The figures are even MORE skewed in favour as black when I only look at Clan games...

White win % = 51.7%
Black win % = 71.4%

Just can't explain it!!!

As white: won 128 [39%] lost 189 [58%] drawn 9 [3%]
As black: won 150 [39%] lost 216 [57%] drawn 15 [4%]

Very consistent for black/white comparison.

But I take three things from the stats:
1. I play 54% of my games as black, which seems high.
2. I hardly ever draw.
3. I'm not very good at chess.

My (wonderfull) record is:as white-wins 27%,draws 4% and losses 69%.as black-wins 30%,draws 3% and losses 67%. Good gracious I'm an awfull player. 😲)