"The odds were in their favour"?

[nikolgiorgos]

Thanks nikogiorgos, those threads are very helpful ^^

welcome, and if you 're hanging around here, call me nik

I see, so this is not like chess then,

hell NO !
Chess is a unique game. There is ability , no luck at all (but maybe good/bad day some times).
I also playing chess but in amateur lv.
Every other sport has a part of luck - small or big.
* or maybe karma - remember today we 're gonna watch in CH.L. final Real vs Atletico (not Barca or Bayern or PSG )

more like an online texas poker game

more near to that (little more tactics and knowledge, little less luck for TE).
I don't play poker/casino games online but I did play poker with friends (when I was single).
Once in a month , we gathered in a house (with beers and chips ) and played with a very small amount of real money.
It needs good strategy skills beyond luck.

your major opponents are from very different time zones to you and you spend a couple of tokens to change the fixture to unholy times for your opponents (like 3am)

don't count to that much for a whole season.
TE will find the way