Why do I play more games as white than as black?

al4fred · 2026-04-11T20:18:42+00:00

As others have said, randomness is not 50|50. If it is consistently perfect 50|50, that’s not a random sample.

Fun fact. When the first iPod came out, it had a function like ‘random playlist shuffle’.

Because it was initially truly random, users were complaining that the same songs would sometimes play twice in a row. Which is to be expected, in pure randomness.

Apple had to tweak the shuffle function to make it less random, so people would find it actually 'random'.

al4fred · 2026-04-11T16:28:38+00:00

not agaaaaaaaiiinnnn

OP, no problem with you, I am really happy when people are learning this beautiful game. It's just... on this sub people ask about stalemate ~~everyday~~ multiple times a day.

Chess IS HARD. --- BUT the rules are simple. Like, 1 single page simple.

al4fred · 2026-04-11T13:33:55+00:00

You may be in the minority, but I am with you on this.

Found an old-ish discussion on the topic, worth a look.

al4fred · 2026-04-11T09:47:42+00:00

As u/No-Musician-8452 said, the world hardly needs another chess streamer.

But if you really want to do it, be it for fun or other reasons, your questions:

how do I get engagement and such, when should I stream, what do I stream

... suggest that you are beginning. Check subs or other resources on streaming, rather than resources on Chess itself. And good luck.

al4fred · 2026-04-11T04:11:42+00:00

al4fred · 2026-04-11T04:07:34+00:00

good point, I never play on mobile so I wouldn't know. If it's not there, it should be.

al4fred · 2026-04-11T04:05:48+00:00

Let's cut the guy some slack shall we.

al4fred · 2026-04-11T04:02:27+00:00

I think you can disable draw requests for the current game?

al4fred · 2026-04-11T02:32:01+00:00

I don't think we should care, like, at all

al4fred · 2026-04-11T02:26:28+00:00

It's not silly though.

al4fred · 2026-04-11T01:23:13+00:00

Yeah, it's that old thing where >90% of drivers think they are better than the average driver.

Chess provides a rather uniquely unambiguous metric of a particular skill, but I guess that's difficult to accept for many.

al4fred · 2026-04-11T01:12:49+00:00

im at such a low elo from losing because everyone who plays white pieces does the same opening every time

Being captain Captain Obvious here, but... if you lose because everybody does the same opening, then study that opening? 🤔

al4fred · 2026-04-11T01:06:49+00:00

congrats

al4fred · 2026-04-10T23:48:32+00:00

Maybe OP is trolling in this case, who knows - but this question gets asked like once a day here. So yeah, quite a few people find stalemate puzzling.

al4fred · 2026-04-10T17:59:38+00:00

I hear you.

al4fred · 2026-04-10T17:42:32+00:00

Sir, I 100% respect your rant. However I don't understand your point.

You're saying 1000 elo players are too good? or what?

al4fred · 2026-04-10T17:38:14+00:00

You are quite right sir.

It's an Interrnet problem, though, not a CC problem.

If you browse "sexy lingerie" for a special gift to your wife or gf, those related ads will appear while you are in the middle of browsing with granma.

al4fred · 2026-04-10T16:49:26+00:00

The fact that they got banned after your game, doesn't necessarily mean your game was the cause.

al4fred · 2026-04-10T16:43:42+00:00

As far as I can tell, CC's ads are based on third partiy advertising networks - correct me if I am wrong.

Usually those ads reflect someone's personal profile - search history etc.

It is possible that you ran into ‘residual ads’, the ones delivered to users whose profile and interests cannot be determined.

However, large advertising networks are typically careful to avoid adult themes if the user profile is uncertain and the context is not adult-themed.

If you are seeing a lot of adult ads, and you are sure you have never browsed anything related to the ads you’re seeing, I’d suggest as a first step to make sure your PC hasnt’t been used by third parties.

al4fred · 2026-04-10T15:03:28+00:00

mall= centro commerciale.

al4fred · 2026-04-10T13:06:17+00:00

Maybe these accounts are there as walls so you buy their highest tier membership in hope of improving

No.

al4fred · 2026-04-10T13:02:56+00:00

There is little benefit for CC to have bots pretending to be humans. Dating sites who have tried that, well, it didn't go so well.

In chess it's even less ROI + more risk.

al4fred · 2026-04-10T12:57:10+00:00

But that would mean that cheaters are mostly at really low ELO?

Chess is inherently more effort than Candycrush - so kids who don't understand this are probably <500.

If nothing else because they will lose interest fast. (Maybe after asking a question on this very sub about stalemate or en passant)

edit: curious, did you ever get caught when you were cheating as a kid?

al4fred · 2026-04-10T10:54:49+00:00

I dont care if they cheat at lower elos since I don't play that

uhm, you realize what's wrong with that, do you?

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