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Chicago Point Poll #24

Posted By: Bob Koca
Date: Saturday, 27 November 2010, at 6:04 p.m.

In Response To: Chicago Point Poll #24 (Daniel Murphy)

Suppose that you take a game which is acknowdged to require a great deal of skill. Perhaps go or chess. Make a new game with the following rules: 1) Play that game according to the normal rules. 2) Then through some random process give the winner of the normal game a 50.01% chance of winning the contest and the loser a 49.99% chance.

Clearly luck plays a tremendous role in who wins an individual contest. But what about skill? The strategic choices are exactly the same as the original game. Should it also therefore be called a game of skill?

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