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I have to agree there is a slight bias towards White winning, but it really isn't a landslide [1]. And it's probably a cliche by now, but I always liked the saying (apparently by Tarkatower [2]):

    The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-move_advantage_in_chess

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savielly_Tartakower



The first-move-advantage becomes increasingly relevant the higher the level of play, of course.




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