Abstract: A method for providing a tournament system over a communications network enables players from different locations to participate in tournaments by playing an electronic games of skill and win awards based on the player's skill. A selection of electronic games of skill, in which the effect of chance has been minimized for each electronic game, is provided at a tournament host location. Players can participate in a selected tournament by playing the electronic game for that tournament via the communications network. Each player's score is determined based on player manipulation of the electronic game. A tournament winner is determined by comparing the score of each player with scores of other players.