A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech

Re:A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech by Animats on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @11:34PM (#27915039)

It's clearly racist that White plays first.

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Re:A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech by bonzini on Thursday July 22, 2021 @02:38AM (#27916114)

White goes first because black was considered a lucky color. So if black went first it would have double advantage, from being first and from being the lucky color.

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Re:A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech by nicky0 on Thursday July 22, 2021 @02:48AM (#27916174)

I think you just made that up.

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Re:A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech by bonzini on Thursday July 22, 2021 @07:58AM (#27917845)

No, I didn't: apparently the above was proposed by chess author George Walker. White didn't consistently start first until around 1860.

https://www.chessgames.com/player/george_walker.html?kpage=1

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Re:A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech by pyr0hu on Thursday July 22, 2021 @03:03AM (#27916253)

It'd be still racist if black startrd first. Its not an argument...

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Re:A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech by goatlover on Thursday July 22, 2021 @02:08AM (#27915928)

So that would mean Go is racist for black always going first?

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