What's a good 2 player game that is based on intellect not luck?

Question

and when i say game i mean like chess checkers backgammon not monopoly or... whatever

Answer 1

risk,or chess

Answer 2

Try learning Wei-qi (Go). Here's a link to a site that talks about it more in depth. http://www.ccgs.com/games/index.htm

Answer 3

Well, besides chess and checkers, there's always "Go".  "Go" is actually much more complicated than Chess, so much more so that there is no computer "Go" program today that can beat a decent human player, whereas even a decent chess software program can crush 90% of the people in the world who play chess.

Backgammon is a game of skill, although an element of luck exists in the game because of the use of dice, whereas chess, checkers and "Go" are games of pure skill.

Answer 4

Mastermind

Stratego

Battleship

Tank Battle

Any Avalon Hill War Game

Mancala

Go

Answer 5

try playing guess who? trivia pursuit (though you'll to roll dice to move.

Answer 6

Stratego

Answer 7

Jeapordy, Wheel of Fortune

Answer 8

I would have gone along with the first answer because chess challenges your intelligence and the ability to counter and push your opponent back using strategy. You can't play too defensively or too offensively because you might get too far ahead of your self and throw away the game.

Answer 9

Blokus is fun. It's like a two to four player board game version of Tetris.

Answer 10

chess is the best

Answer 11

Dude get RISK

There is a element of luck but you'll find that in any game with a dice.

But i'd also say Statego

Answer 12

connect 4 or guess who heck clue was genius

Answer 13

I agree with "Go". It is a game of simple rules, but the strategies are as complex as you can make them.

Answer 14

snakes and ladder

Answer 15

chess (including variants), checkers (or droughts, including variants), go (including variants), Othello.  (Backgammon uses dice.  Moe Howard rolling double sixes would beat Einstein rolling 1 and 2.)

I can't think of any more that are playable.  Maybe Mancala,  but I don't know much of it.

Tic-Tac-Toe and the French Military game avoid luck but are not playable.

Answer 16

chess

Answer 17

Darn. I was gonna say chess. Um... how about 20 questions?