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<blockquote data-quote="YJMD" data-source="post: 862452" data-attributes="member: 1929"><p>The chess analogy isn't really applicable here. The game of chess ends (let's ignore clock and draws here) when someone gets checkmated. Like NFL overtime going first gives you the initiative. But football during regulation doesn't work that way. Going second is strategically advantageous because you start the second half with the ball with extra knowledge on how you need to play to win.</p><p></p><p>The analogy really is more like playing a chess match where one game you have white, the other black. In this case, you would want white in the second game because you'll know more about what score you need for your place in the tournament, and there are better winning chances with white. Otherwise it doesn't matter which order you play in because either way you'll get one game with the black pieces and one with the white.</p><p></p><p>If you want to go with the chess analogy -- which style is better? Play gambits and sacrifices and try to checkmate as aggressively as possible; or play positional chess, trade off your pieces, and try to convert an end game up a pawn? Well, you didn't see Magnus Carlsen playing any gambits in the WC did you? But the best college football team ain't nowhere the equivalent of the best chess player in history. The person who usually wins, though, is the better player regardless of their individual style.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="YJMD, post: 862452, member: 1929"] The chess analogy isn't really applicable here. The game of chess ends (let's ignore clock and draws here) when someone gets checkmated. Like NFL overtime going first gives you the initiative. But football during regulation doesn't work that way. Going second is strategically advantageous because you start the second half with the ball with extra knowledge on how you need to play to win. The analogy really is more like playing a chess match where one game you have white, the other black. In this case, you would want white in the second game because you'll know more about what score you need for your place in the tournament, and there are better winning chances with white. Otherwise it doesn't matter which order you play in because either way you'll get one game with the black pieces and one with the white. If you want to go with the chess analogy -- which style is better? Play gambits and sacrifices and try to checkmate as aggressively as possible; or play positional chess, trade off your pieces, and try to convert an end game up a pawn? Well, you didn't see Magnus Carlsen playing any gambits in the WC did you? But the best college football team ain't nowhere the equivalent of the best chess player in history. The person who usually wins, though, is the better player regardless of their individual style. [/QUOTE]
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