Chance is ever present in the game of chess | Letters

Stephen Morris (Letters, 17 September) claims that while backgammon requires great skill, as a dice game it also involves luck – unlike chess. But top chess players, including reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen, would beg to differ. While chess is a game with perfect information, its complexity precludes perfect evaluation of the play. Like life, flagging attention, moments of indecisiveness and inexplicable “faulty” moves give the game unpredictable turns and lead to unexp