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Speaking of objectivity: while what I said regarding the copula was a plausible argument for using the upper case, the fact is that different people capitalize differently in that particular situation. In fact, I think I checked more sources later and I'm pretty sure a majority of people (Edward Winter included) prefer the lower case in ""Alekhine was white"". (I should really have done that beforehand – sorry to distort the picture.) On a somewhat related note (this is something I wanted to tell you and never got a chance to), I will suggest that ""White"" should really only be used as a substitute for a player's name (like our policy says) and never as a substitute for ""the white pieces"" – that latter usage (which crops up in phrases like ""Alekhine had White"" or ""played White"") is not documented in any dictionary I checked, including the OED; it should probably be treated as a colloquialism. Meanwhile yes, 3...Ne4. And 4.Nf3 against the Triangle.   "