And for all the right reasons.

https://currently.att.yahoo.com/finance/news/elon-musk-thinks-chess-too-130710869.html

I think backgammon is a much better game, because of the element of chance introduced by the dice. I used to be pretty good at chess, but I was never any good at backgammon.

A perfect game would be like life itself, where the players have access to information about the field, but some things are hidden from some or all the players. Analyzing a situation and devising an appropriate response is all well and good, but in the real world, there is always the element of chaos and randomness--and of asymmetry.

"But it snows on the enemy, too."
--Napoleon Bonaparte, 1812
--Adolph Hitler, 1941