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While most of this is true, there is VERY little (if any) luck in winning a major chess tournament.

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Alhtough I'm not a good chess player (I got bored around 1000 USCF -- glad I switched to poker!), I stand by my assertion. Pairings (in a typical Swiss system tournament) and choice of openings (i.e., one player playing an opening his opponent just happened to prepare for) are two clear areas where luck matters. Even in the huge round-robin tournaments they draw lots for the order in which they play. Now, if you're talking about the old-style World Championships, where the champion and challenger player 24 games or whatever, then I agree that luck is very minimal, though still present.