[neatze]

Just out of curiosity, is chess master gives also bad connotations ?

Do chess pieces color seem racial to you ?

[acdha]

No, because the white and black pieces are exactly the same. This is unlike whitelist/blacklist where you’re specifying a preference where white is desirable and black is not.

[neatze]

They are not same, white moves first, and first move is an advantage in a chess game.