09/05/2014

Computer vs Computer :-)

rocketbobcat Recently I have been wondering whether there is an advantage to playing one color rather than the other. An obvious (but probably wrong) assumption is that white has an advantage due to moving first. I decided to test this by pitting two expert level computers against each other in the play "Vs. Computer" mode here on chess.com. I found that every time so far, black won. Does this mean that black has an advantage over white? Or does it just mean that the computer plays better as black? Here is one of the games I did: