WHY does white piece go first in chess? No, racism has nothing to do with it... Until now, there is no exact answer as to why whites move first. The first mention of the chess game is dated back to 2.5 thousand years ago,
the rules of the game gradually evolved over time. At first the game was called
"Chaturanga" and played by 4 people at the same time. The pieces were
black, green, yellow and red.
With the passage of time, the number of participants was reduced to two, and the figures were black and yellow. Yellow was soon replaced by white.
Black is thought to be the color of sadness, the color of what is going away. White is the color of life, the color of what is just beginning.
