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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 09:27 PM UTC:

You suggest that we should take the prime importance of the first move as a "clue", and then you justify your belief in the importance of the first move by saying that the first move is always and by definition the most important in all games?

Um.

If I told you we were discussing "value" rather than "importance", would that short-circuit this loop and get us back on topic?