{"id":2791,"date":"2022-02-02T16:29:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T16:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chessquestions.com\/?p=2791"},"modified":"2022-02-19T15:35:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T15:35:22","slug":"the-first-move-in-chess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chessquestions.com\/the-first-move-in-chess\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Color Goes First in Chess? A. White (History and Reasoning)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The light pieces are to make the first move in an official or friendly game of chess, and this has been universally accepted since around 1880 since first being suggested a few years earlier in 1857. Prior to these dates, it was agreed either white or black pieces could make the first move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are probably few people who are not aware of this rule, the more common question being – Why does white go first in chess? That my friends is a whole new subject which I will tentatively answer but has its roots in the same answer as to which goes first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In actual fact it has very little to do with which ‘color’ goes first, rather, originally to decide who would go first, lots were drawn and it was determined that whoever won the draw would play with the white pieces<\/a> and move first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today, the decision as to who makes the first move is made by draw and the winner plays with the white pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n