Modern writers also question the idea that White have an enduring advantage . Suba , in his influential 1991 book Dynamic Chess Strategy , reject the notion that the initiative can always be transformed into an enduring advantage . He contend that sometimes the player with the initiative lose it with no logical explanation , and that , " Sometimes you must lose it , just like that . If you try to cling to it , by forcing the issue , your dynamic potential will become exhausted and you won 't be able to face a vigorous counter @-@ attack . " Rowson and Watson concur . Watson also observe , " Because of the presumption of White being better , the juncture of the game at which Black free his game or neutralize White 's plans have often been automatically assumed to give him equality , even though in dynamic openings , the exhaustion of White 's initiative very often mean that Black have seized it with advantage . "