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🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Sat, Jun 6, 2020 05:43 PM UTC:

I agree with Greg. White's opening advantage is likely to be a deciding factor mainly between equally skilled players who are both expert at the game. This will rarely be the case for Chess variants, which are more often than not played between people who have little experience at the game. Also, this game is bigger than Chess, and that also makes it less likely that White's opening advantage will be a deciding factor. As long as your game does nothing to increase the significance of White's opening advantage, it should be okay for you to do nothing else about it. Mainly, make sure all the Pawns are protected in the opening setup, so that neither player begins with a vulnerability that White might be able to exploit faster. Also, placing Jokers on the board gives Black the ability to move his Joker first, which is itself a slight advantage for Black.


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