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Is 'Horde' a fair variant?

I would say it is biased in favour of the pawns
If the developers believed otherwise, it wouldn't have been implemented. I don't like it, either.
I have never played horde myself, but I think black always wins with ideal moves. Anyway only engines can solve the game.
The pieces have a good edge. It used to be the pieces moved first but that was too much so it got changed to the pieces moving second and they still hold an edge.
#2 normal chess isn't fair (biased in favour of white) but they implemented it.
White's advantage in normal chess is very small. I wouldn't call it biased, but that's just my opinion.
Black has a fair share of wins in most openings, unless I'm mistaken. White's win share is obviously more, but not THAT much!

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