Lucky Chess?

Originally posted by FabianFnas
Of course there is luck in chess. Because humans are involved.

Chess is not entirely mathematical. If it would, like when Fritz is playing Deep Blue, then there would be no luck involved.
Whenever a human is involved in any activity, there are elements of luck involved.

Fabian you've really made some leaps in your chess. What have you been doing to train yourself from being a 1600 player to a 2200+ player in just three years?!

Originally posted by Willzzz
How much luck is there in chess? Is there such a thing as a lucky move?

Try this: http://chess.eusa.ed.ac.uk/Chess/Trivia/Chessluck.html

Donner knew what he was talking about. Chess is mostly luck.

Originally posted by Willzzz
How much luck is there in chess? Is there such a thing as a lucky move?

Check out my games. Luck is my secret weapon, now exposed to the light of day on the forum.

Sometimes it misfires on me (luck is more like a flamethrower than a sniper rifle), but I am far more often lucky than not.

Paul