WHY does White move first?First-move advantage in chess is
the hypothetical advantage of the player (White) who makes the first move in chess. Chess practitioners and theorists generally agree that White starts the game with some advantage.
Gathered statistics since 1851 support this notion; White consistently wins slightly more frequently than Black, and typically scores between 52 and 56 percent. White's winning percentage is about the same for human-to-human and computer-to-computer tournament games.
However, White's advantage in blitz and beginner-to-freshman games is less significant.Chess player and mathematician
Mihai Shuba and others claim that sometimes White's initiative disappears for no apparent reason as the game progresses.
The current style of playing for Black is to strive for dynamic, unbalanced positions, rather than simply trying to equalize them. Opinions exist that Black has certain compensating advantages
