You Can't Win 'Em All

[Jobu88]

My favorite games combine both skill and luck. That's why I'm not into chess - it's all skill.

There's luck in chess, both good and bad. "oops, I saw the next move of that combination but not the following move, lucky for me it left his Queen exposed, I didnt even see that coming." I won a minor tournament in 1997 because my opponent took an incredibly, stupidly long time to make a simple move and missed his time control, losing the game. He could have made virtually any move to get to the first time control and then crushed me in the next ten moves. So there's some luck there.

I agree with your overall position though-- CM is a great balance between skill and luck.