Derek Nalls wrote on Wed, Jul 25, 2007 08:57 PM UTC:
I don't know exactly what is going on at BrainKing but I would refrain
from using their limited stats without reservation to draw firm
conclusions. The first-move-of-the-game advantage for white in Chess by a
few percent is well-documented via various, numerous reputable sources.
I suspect that a minority of individuals there are experimenting-
attempting, mostly without success, to devise radical yet effective
opening theory gambits when playing white. Such people are unconcerned
about winning the game compared to 'discovering something great' that
works against all-most other Chess players. This could skew the stats by
a few percent.
I doubt that there is a chess genius amongst them of the caliber of Bobby
Fischer. I doubt that large, radical shifts in opening theory remain to
be discovered today.
The win-draw-loss stats for CRC and related games seem to make sense,
though. They can be used to draw tentative conclusions (with a sizeable
plus-or-minus margin for error).