White or Black

The use of which color in chess battles, especially world championship, must be sooooooo important that it draws the focus of attention of the leading chess sites and blogs in the world to announce who's got White or Black in the draw for the 1st round of the World Chess Championship 2008 in Germany between GM Vladimir Kramnik and GM Viswanathan Anand.

For the first round, Kramnik of Russia will use the White color against Anand of India.

Well, chess databases generally show that White has better chances of winning over Black. As they say, if you're using the Black pieces against a higher rated opponent in a tournament, better claim for or accept a draw. Then, attack with White in the next round.

Let's take the country's pride GM Wesley So as an example. I always tell my chess sparmate at the Malibay Chess Club that Wesley CAN defeat any super GMs in the world, including the world's top ten like Kramnik and Anand, when using the White pieces.

You might call me a Wesley fanatic for saying that, but I really believe that Wesley is super brutal, sharp, merciless and ferocious with White. It's another story when Wesley is using Black (of course, he's still good with Black but not as good as, I guess, with White).