Black Is OK

What advantage would white have anyway?

agree, the starting position is equal for white as for black, besides I prefer to play with black because I can play the scandinavian defense, the caro kann and the sicilian

I don't think we need to talk about racism here

Even so, it starts with white

I also like the sicilian

Whit has one tempo advantage. It doesn't count a lot at lower level, but on higher level stats say a lot.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-move_advantage_in_chess

Of course this doesn't mean you just have to play for draw as black!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A1s_Adorj%C3%A1n#Books

White has no advantage. It isn’t proven that chess is forced win for White.

@Msharaj said in #7:
> White has no advantage. It isn’t proven that chess is forced win for White.

Not exactly the same thing...

@MrPushwood said in #8:
> Not exactly the same thing...
Irrespective of whenever chess will be solved, I am sure that White doesn't have any First Move Advantage.

@gbtami said in #6:
> Whit has one tempo advantage. It doesn't count a lot at lower level, but on higher level stats say a lot.
Any strong evidence of stats?