This is a good response, upvoted it. It begs another question though, is chess a worse game if white begins with a pawn on a3 instead of a2 (assuming this is t

This is a good response, upvoted it. It begs another question though, is chess a worse game if white begins with a pawn on a3 instead of a2 (assuming this is the result every time the suggested procedure is used), and black moves first? Maybe. But I think it's an okay solution if you want a neutral platform for a tie-breaking game.