Is there such thing as "luck" in chess?

Pretty close. 44%

That's a good point. So could a better player scored in that exact situation? Yes. But a much worse player could have scored too. I think a much worse player would have had better luck. Why? Because a good player would have done almost exactly the same thing this kicker did. And missed just as easily.

But a much worse kicker would have had a better chance of kicking it poorly, or wrongly. Which, in this case, increases the chances of making the goal. Since the gust of wind was unforeseeable (since the wind was also swirling and even momentarily going the opposite direction) only a terrible kick that went way off line would have scored. 

This same thing happens in golf all the time. Someone (ok, me) will think they read a putt perfectly, and know exactly what to do. Then this someone hits the putt terribly. Way off line, not even close to the intended target. But the break grabs it and it unexpectedly curves into the cup. This someone could hit it "right" a million times and it will never go in. Only a mistake results in success. I call that luck. 

If you are teeing off on a par 3, you are aiming for the green. There is no difference between the likelihood of the ball going in the hole versus stopping 6" from the hole and whether the ball goes in or stops 6" away has nothing to do with skill. So, if it goes in.... purely luck. It took skill to get it close, but it took luck to get it in. 

"Luck as it applies to games"

You make this statement alot and mentions how luck applies to games specificly. Couple of questions:

Is there a definition of luck out there that applies to gaming that you refer to here? Or is there another reason you mention how luck is applied to gaming, as opposed to how it applies to something else?

Did anyone notice this thread was started more than a decade ago.

This definition here, or how you apply it, fails because an action can have multiple producers that affect the outcome. A human force being one factor only proves that skill is involved, but it does not prove in any way that there isn't another force in play that would enforce luck. 

Yes

Did you notice that I was posting then, too?

"Better players will consistently succeed over others"

Consistently yes - But not always. Why? Because human force is not the only factor, as you mentioned wind in golf as an example. This allows the possible scenario where the player showcasing more skill loses due to external factors like wind. Wind enforces the lucky event of less skillful player winning.

Chess is a more complex discussion that we have already gone through. But to debunk your application of the definition of luck, the golf example is easier to understand.

Everyone can see who is doing the trolling.

I think so
I saw a GMvs a NM and that the GM was winning, BUT he blundered and it ended up as the NM won

I agree(over a decade)

This is what everyone can see but you.  You cannot even begin to fathom that you are not even better than most people posting here, never mind all of them .  So to you, it is "trolling" and "insulting" every time someone doesn't acknowledge that you are the smartest person in the room.  A proclamation you make in almost every thread you engage in, eventually...but one that is unproven by your actual content over time.

I used "dubious judge of anyone's intelligence" because I don't resort to namecalling, as you do.  If you cannot recognize your own intelligence level correctly, than it stands to reason that you would be a dubious judge of others' intelligence as well.

Absolutely. Youtube is loaded with videos of things even more bizarre. Balls bouncing among the rocks between the green and water. Bounce towards the water, hops back towards the green, then towards the water again, then back to the green. That is sheer luck wherever it happens to land. A ball hanging on the edge of the cup for seconds. That exact same thing happened recently in a pro tournament. Hit it too soon and penalized for hitting a moving ball, wait too long and penalized for waiting too long. His putt eventually fell on it's own, where a tiny, tiny, tiny fraction of a millimeter made the difference. It was probably a slight gust of wind or the weight of the ball that made it go in. Or even a blade of grass that happened to be growing in one direction vs. the other. All those things are just luck. 

One of the most cruel instances of luck is when a golfer hits the ball too good. A shot that hits the flagstick on the fly will have the spin severely altered. So what would normally be a good result is instead often a result that ends up over the green or in a hazard. All because it was hit too close to the hole (the whole point of golf). 

As I mentioned before, you have proven incapable of holding to the offer you made before.  You can't seem to go a day without mentioning me in a barbed aside to someone.  Why would anyone accept an offer knowing that the other party will immediately break it anyway?  Regardless, your offer was BS...essentially amounting to "you don't talk to me *or talk to anyone else in a way I don't like*, and I will not talk about you".  Pretty funny since you try to claim I'm the big bully of the forums or something.  Does the logic of presenting that I am the forum's #1 archvillain, while trying to also tell me I'm not capable of XYZ actually work in your head?

You keep trying to wield your imagined silent majority . 

So you're saying the fact that your claims are thoroughly unsubstantiated is a point in your favor.

You're ridiculous.

The way you keep adding sentences ("and another thing...") is a testament to why you aren't a person to try and make any deal with.  Just give it a rest.  My position has never changed.  

It's funny how you pick up techniques from other posters .

Points on the profile page.