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Hi,

I just got a new chess set. Thei pieces are metal... "gold/bronze-ish" and "silver/grey-ish".

Which color equates to white and which to black? It's hard to say which is "lighter" than the other.

Thanks,
Ron

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Originally posted by rcook349
Hi,

I just got a new chess set. Thei pieces are metal... "gold/bronze-ish" and "silver/grey-ish".

Which color equates to white and which to black? It's hard to say which is "lighter" than the other.

Thanks,
Ron
This will be up to you. The 'colour' in these cases will be determined by which set goes first, and the orientation on the board (whites a1 rook is on a dark square and the short (kingside) castle should be to the right.
ie it is the board set up, not the colour that determines who is white and black in these cases.

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Silver is lighter then is gold in color. The silver men are White. P.S. ChessMaster placed the silver men as White and the gold men as Black.

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Originally posted by gambit3
Silver is lighter then is gold in color. The silver men are White.
unless it's dark silver and light gold... no way to know.

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for the sake of continuing a silly thread, you can alternate.

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its the lightest color..
in a glass chess "clear" would go 1st and the the whiter one would go second

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Originally posted by irontigran
its the lightest color..
in a glass chess "clear" would go 1st and the the whiter one would go second
But clear is no color

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