> So the difference between playing white or black ('1 tempo')
Shouldn't the difference between white and black be half a tempo? Giving
black a free tempo at the beginning of the game doesn't cancel out white's advantage, it transfers it to black, so the tempo must be
twice that advantage.
> So the difference between playing white or black ('1 tempo') Shouldn't the difference between white and black be half a tempo? Giving black a free tempo at the beginning of the game doesn't cancel out white's advantage, it transfers it to black, so the tempo must be twice that advantage.