Who decided that white should always go first? Johann Löwenthal, a British master, put forth one of the first proposals of record to give white the obligatory first move. At the First American Chess ...

Vaughn Bennett could be the only chess activist on the planet. Last weekend, members of the Metropolitan Police Department hauled Bennett away from a downtown chess tournament in handcuffs. Bennett ...

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The white-moves-first rule became standard in the late 1800s. Nupat Arjkla / EyeEm / Getty Images Daaim Shabazz, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University The recent protests over racism have ...

The recent protests over racism have rekindled a longstanding discussion about whether chess promotes white privilege with its rule that the first move always goes to the player with the white pieces.