What other games, like chess, are 100% skill? (Not video games or athletic games, intellectual games.)?

• All card games have luck in them. All games that use dice have luck in them. Chess is probably the best example of a theoretically 100% skill intellectual game. I guess checkers is an example also so don't bother mentioning checkers. Checkers is lame compared to chess anyway, not complex enough. Don't bother mentioning video games or sports because I'm not looking for those kinds of games. Whoever gives the best example, in my opinion, will get the best answer.

• Answer:

  Someone else mentioned Go - I would second the notion that this really is a game of skill. I would say that Scrabble has a lot of skill involved, but there is an element of luck in which tiles you draw. You might be an expert wordsmith and know how to use the board, but you can still lose if your opponent draws the right letter to use at the right time. Mah jong is similar is that there is strategy but also luck of the draw. Also, Chinese chess is a game of skill and strategy. Mancala is also a game of skill and strategy. Even tic-tac-toe requires skill although i think it has been proven that the first player should be able to never lose. There are some card games that don't have luck (or randomness) built into them - like a game where each player has the same hand and you take turns playing a card, and whoever plays the higher card in that round wins the trick, and the object is to win the most tricks. Each person starts out with the same stuff, and you know where every card is. The board game Stratego requires some strategy and a good memory - again, there is no randomness - you know what you have and what your opponent has to start with, but you don't know where they are placing their pieces. The simple game of lines-and-boxes is also a great strategy game.