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