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First move advantage in Western Chess - why does it exist?[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
H. G. Muller wrote on Tue, Aug 28, 2012 07:28 PM UTC:
Too bad my long answer I posted to this is now gone.

Anyway, the most important point was that I didn't agree: On the 8x80
board take a symetric position with a King, a and f Pawn for white on the
4th rank, and a King, c and h Pawn for black on the 77th rank (counting
1-80).

You would only have to move that entire position up 1 rank, and it becomes
an easy win for white. Despite the fact that promotion is at least 75 moves
away.