Originally posted by mateuloseToo early to tell. The sample size is too small.
As white, I have a: 3-1-1 record
As black, I have a: 11-3-0 record
Seems to me white is overated, as I am just as good/bad with any color. Thoughts?
Your win% is currently 60% as white and 73% as Black. If you win one more white game, that changes to 67% while for Black it's 75%. Lose a game as white and it comes down to 50% while for black it's 68%. So, if you win one more white game and lose a black game, you'll have a similar record in either colour.
As the difference between a player and their opposition is typically far greater than the difference between the same player as white or black, any white advantage will be hard to find.
Still it is interesting never the less.
I like to see general stats on a number of things for all players and games:
- win draw loss as white and black
- the distribution of ratings - is it normally distributed?
- a graph of the number of active players over time
- the number of new active players in the last month
- the percentage of games played as Lopex, Sicilian, unclassified etc
my performance for the record, as white: 29/4/9 as black: 25/3/8