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The rules say: 'Chess is a game, played by two players. One player plays with the white pieces, and the other player plays with the black pieces.' and 'Alternately, the players make a move, starting with the white player (the player that plays with the white pieces.)' Realize that the color of the pieces, 'white' and 'black', is just a convention. The starting player is also just a convention. These are conventions used for convenience and uniformity, which are important for some purposes such as tournament play. Everything about Chess is just a convention. But, conventions can be adjusted. If you want to, start with black. There are many Chess variants that use different piece color conventions, for example there is a Chess variant that uses Gold and Green, with Gold starting. I have a Chess set with with four colors, white, black, red and yellow. I decide which pieces I play with and which starts as it suits my fancy.