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I find the W-B-B-W move order to be personally unsatisfactory in games
where only one piece is moved per 'turn', but not so offensive in
multi-move games [where the number of pieces moved per player is even].
I'll experiment with it more.
Abdul-Rahman and George - I mostly agree with you about inherent
unfairnesses. Unlike Derek, I would not be inclined to dump a game because
there was a measurable first-turn advantage. However, while this is not
necessarily a fatal flaw, it's still a flaw, and can have a negative
effect on the casual player. While I expect to play at least several games
of a 'good' game, my brothers will play 1 game at most when I visit them,
and they live 4-5 hours away by car, so I see them relatively rarely. Here
is where an unbalance in black and white comes into play, as they are far
less likely to play a game they've had problems with, and white's
first-turn advantage is a problem. They are unfamiliar with these games,
and don't know how to play, so giving them white just leaves them
wondering what to do. If they play black, they can see what I'm doing,
and learn the game, but are losing from turn 1. Not a way to get more
variant players.