Unless you think they are "perfectly" matched, in which case you might bet on White to win because of a hypothesized first player advantage. I think it's stil

Unless you think they are "perfectly" matched, in which case you might bet on White to win because of a hypothesized first player advantage. I think it's still an open theoretical question as to what would happen with two equally matched perfect players: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-move_advantage_in_chess https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-move_advantage_in_chess