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Survey. White vs Black - Your score?

Survey. White vs Black - Your score?

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Originally posted by ketchuplover
White=56.04% Black=54.46% Please use this data only for good.
Are these win percentages?

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50.3%

White: 9-0-11
Black: 4-0-9

Totals: 13-0-20

Win %: 65%

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ok

49.6% for me

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51.9%. Seem to be a bit more winning with white than black.

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49.7 so still better with black than white.

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56%

I still favor white

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Originally posted by Ponderable
43,3 (Oct 05)
44,9 (Nov 05)
46,6 (June 06)
47,3 (Sep 06)
48,2 (Nov 06)

48,4 (March 07)

creeping to play as bad with black as with white.
49,2 (June 08)

Seems that I really equal up 🙂

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Originally posted by Ponderable
49,2 (June 08)

Seems that I really equal up 🙂
After switching my standard opening from e4 to d4 I now even favour white with a score of 51,0 %

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Originally posted by wormwood
score = WS/(WS+BS)

WS = (WW+WD/2)/WG = (47+3/2)/73 = 0.664
BS = (BW+BD/2)/BG = (47+5/2)/78 = 0.635

0.664/(0.664+0.635) = 0.511

quite even. it doesn't seem to matter much which color I'm playing.
WS = (WW+WD/2)/WG = (114+7/2)/158 = 0.744
BS = (BW+BD/2)/BG = (110+10/2)/164 = 0.701

0.744/(0.744+0.701) = 0.515


not much change in 3 years and 170 games, only 0.4% more white wins.

4 more draws with white and 5 with black (3 & 5 draws respectively in the first 150 games). damn, looks like I'm heading for risk avoiding geezer chess! 😛

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WS = (WW+WD/2)/WG = (81+7/2)/126 = 0.671
BS = (BW+BD/2)/BG = (72+7/2)/122 = 0.619


0.671/(0.671+0.619) = 0.52

So a bit better at black relatively speaking. Likely I am not able to get full advantage as white.

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Originally posted by Jasen777
WS = (WW+WD/2)/WG = (81+7/2)/126 = 0.671
BS = (BW+BD/2)/BG = (72+7/2)/122 = 0.619


0.671/(0.671+0.619) = 0.52

So a bit better at black relatively speaking. Likely I am not able to get full advantage as white.
In fact a bit better with white.
Only not so much favouring white as the number gatecrasher gave in his original post.

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54.02% So pretty much what the databases predict.

I actually thought it would be higher for me as I remember far more white wins than black. But then I noticed that I’ve played white 55% of the time. Strange as I always set colour to random when I seek a game. Maybe, many players are inclined to set it to play black, for learning openings ect?

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Originally posted by Ponderable
In fact a bit better with white.
Only not so much favouring white as the number gatecrasher gave in his original post.
Yes, that's what I meant by "relatively." Not the best word I suppose...

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White 25-0-8 .7576
Black 15-2-6 .69.57

Score .5213

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For games in this site's 1400+ database

White = .46, Draw = .11, Black = .43

White Score = .51 , Black Score = .49

.51/(.51+.49) = .516


For games in this site's 1900+ database

White = .4 , Draw .27, Black = .33

White Score = .53, Black Score = .47

.53/(.53+.47) = .544

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