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First move advantage in Western Chess - why does it exist?[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
Jeremy Lennert wrote on Wed, Aug 8, 2012 07:34 PM UTC:
> So the difference between playing white or black ('1 tempo')

Shouldn't the difference between white and black be half a tempo?  Giving
black a free tempo at the beginning of the game doesn't cancel out white's advantage, it transfers it to black, so the tempo must be
twice that advantage.