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Black or white?

Black or white?

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I know we had a thread on this a while ago, but...

Which do you prefer playing? My results clearly show my preference for playing as black. Taking my clan games seemed the best demonstration of this, as I'm always playing the same opponents on both sides, and the difference is pretty stark:

Results as White: 41 wins - 2 draws - 43 losses
Results as Black: 56 wins - 4 draws - 28 losses

(not quite even because there's a few games still going)

Is there anyone else who shows this kind of bias, especially towards black?

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White: +77 =4 -14
Black: +85 =4 -12
Total: +162 =8 -26

No bias.

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White +3 =0 -7
Black +19 =2 -24
Combined +22 =2 -31

I need to play as white more, but I guess you can say there is a bias.

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As I wrote in the last thread about this, I prefer white. That hasn't changed yet, although I managed a draw with black instead of the expected loss I mentioned in the other thread.

White: +23 =0 -2
Black: +23 =1 -6

Before I joined TFC, I played almost exclusively white, so it's not surprising that I have more problems with black. As I get more experience, it may even out.

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I prefer White myself.

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Black.

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Perhaps this is a grey area.

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As White= 115W-14D-39L

As Black= 83W-8D-19L

I prefer white but my record indicated I'm a better black player. Go figure

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Originally posted by fierytorment
As White= 115W-14D-39L

As Black= 83W-8D-19L

I prefer white but my record indicated I'm a better black player. Go figure
Really your record mostly indicates that you play more as White. That's why I focused on my clan games, so the totals were more even.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
Perhaps this is a grey area.
That is one of your better efforts, Bowmann.

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