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When to capitalize "white" and "black." (Read 2361 times)

Willempie God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing .com! Posts: 4312 Location: Holland Joined: 01/07/05	Re: When to capitalize "white" and "black." Reply #4 - 01/12/09 at 16:27:48	Post Tools	Print Post
	I thought it was very simple: White when it refers to a person, otherwise it is white. White's advantage and a white advantage. Or with football: the Blues are beating the cr@p out of the blue upstarts from London

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MNb God Member Offline Rudolf Spielmann forever Posts: 10777 Location: Moengo Joined: 01/05/04 Gender:	Re: When to capitalize "white" and "black." Reply #3 - 01/12/09 at 16:14:14	Post Tools	Print Post
	That's how I use it. Being non-English/American/Canadian etcetera I am excused refusing to follow more complicated rules. At the other hand I am glad to have learned a new word: putative.

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Antillian God Member Offline Brilliance without dazzle! Posts: 1757 Joined: 01/05/03 Gender:	Re: When to capitalize "white" and "black." Reply #2 - 01/12/09 at 15:17:44	Post Tools	Print Post
	It boils down to this as far as I can see: When "White" and "Black" are used as nouns, they are capitalized. When used as adjectives they are not. It is fairly straightforward no?

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drkodos God Member Offline I see....stars. Posts: 778 Location: Jupiter, and beyond Joined: 03/29/07	Re: When to capitalize "white" and "black." Reply #1 - 01/12/09 at 15:12:06	Post Tools	Print Post
	It can get even more confusing if Emory Tate is playing Jaan Ehlvest.

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Markovich God Member Offline Posts: 6099 Location: Columbus, Ohio Joined: 09/17/04	When to capitalize "white" and "black." 01/12/09 at 14:59:40	Post Tools	Print Post
	White and Black are the names of putative chess players, so when we speak of White's advantage, White's move, White's position, or White's side of the Caro-Kann, we capitalize. On the other hand, white and black are colors, so when we speak of the white pieces, we don't capitalize. The most confusing case is when "white" and "black" are used neither to refer to the players nor literally to colors, but to a given side of a game of chess. Here we do not capitalize; for example, when we speak a white advantage, the white side of the Caro-Kann or the white side of the board. If there is a white advantage, then the advantage is to White. The champion of the white pieces is the putative White. And so on, and so forth.

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