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Unlucky Chess: Why it is Important that Chance Does Not Factor Into Chess Games

Chess has been with us for centuries, for any number of reasons. It is a game that has been lodged in our culture for quite some time. It is a game that is both entertaining and rigorous, forcing us to think and examine our moves, while also providing that sense of enjoyable conflict that comes from sports and other games. There are any number of elements of chess that give it its staying power, but one stands out above the rest, a simple, yet essential aspect that is so clearly lacking in many other games: the absence of chance.