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		ErigmolCt on July 26, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fair Chess and Simultaneous Games When my grandfather taught me to play chess, he always made me play as Black, and I would get upset because I wasn’t the one to move first. Now I know why

sigzero on July 26, 2024 [–]

It was more likely (unless he was just a d*ck) that he was making you black because you learn better that way.

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