Hello how may I help you? Could you please tell me who goes first for chess? Traditionally the first one to move in chess is the person playing white. Okay, who gets to play white? That is up for you to decide. One way is that you could flip a coin. Okay. Who decides which side of the coin? That is up for you to decide. Okay, thx. There have been discussions that the person playing white has an unfair advantage. For what game? I was still on coin flip. For the game you asked about, chess.