WeiQi has much less luck in it that Poker, Scrabble and Monopoly. But I think WeiQi has more luck in it than Tick-Tac-Toe since skilled players in Tick-Tac-Toe will always draw and two skilled players usually do not come out tied in WeiQi or even to 0.5 stone difference.
It is all too common for players who win to pontificate about their opponents mistakes after a game. During their review, they often far exaggerate their insight into the game. Many moves in WeiQi are made without an understanding of what lies ahead -- we make our best guess -- and if it is a guess, it involves luck. For why do we notice that somedays we are doing great and some days poorly -- even that is the luck of what the brain offers that day and has little to do with who YOU are.
Let me know your thoughts.
Addition: I just found a whole page on "Luck in Go" at Sensei.
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I would disagree with you here, on two counts. Firstly, I'm not at all sure that "luck" can be considered a variable in any game. It's a word which is too tied up in human psychology to be meaningful. "Chance" plays a part in games, but it's a slightly different concept. Where "luck" implies possession of a quality by the player (they are either "lucky" or "unlucky"), "chance" represents the laws of probability in action. But in any case, moves in Go are not governed by either chance or luck. Unlike Snakes & Ladders, every move in Go is the result of a thought process. Our predictions may prove to be incorrect, but we make our "best guess" based on current information, rather than just flipping a stone randomly onto the board. As such, Go is a test of our skills in pattern recognition, prediction, psychology and computation - not a test of luck.
By the way, Sabio, I don't suppose you're on Brainking at all, are you? I'd love to play you sometime.
No, but you can find me on KGS (see my links) under the name of "NoFace".
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