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How do you decide who will make the first move in a game of chess?
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White always makes the first move.
Explanation
Chess, the board game is played by two players on a square chessboard, divided into 64 squares. Each player has from the outset a set of 16 chess pieces consisting of a king, a queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops and eight pawns in black or white. White always makes the first move. Chess computer Deep Blue became the first machine to beat a reigning world champion when it defeated Garry Kasparov in 1997. Other names of historical chess computers are Bebe, Belle, Chip Test, Cray Blitz, HiTech, Deep thought, Hydra and Houdini.
Statistics
74% correct 34 correct · 12 incorrect
Question added 2012-12-23