It bothers me whenever I see people seek a crazyhouse game, but give themselves white. On one hand, I'm desperate to play some good crazyhouse games, but on the other hand, I lose more often simply because I play black. (White has about a +3 advantage at the start according to stockfish. It's not enough to guarantee a win, but it's significant.) I just played someone who has 1141 games as white out of 1992 total games, which is about 57% white.
Even worse, some people abort and then ask for a rematch when they have the black pieces.
I think it would encourage fair play if crazyhouse rated games must be seeked as random color, and somewhat higher penalty given for aborting a crazyhouse game as black. (Obviously, sometimes a real life situation may happen, but it is quite annoying.)
Even worse, some people abort and then ask for a rematch when they have the black pieces.
I think it would encourage fair play if crazyhouse rated games must be seeked as random color, and somewhat higher penalty given for aborting a crazyhouse game as black. (Obviously, sometimes a real life situation may happen, but it is quite annoying.)