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6th January 2008, 03:21pm
#21
by Fintan
Galway, Ireland Ireland
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 96

 

1.

 This is a dictionary definition of SCIENCE.

a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.

2.systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation.
3.any of the branches of natural or physical science.
4.systematized knowledge in general.
5.knowledge, as of facts or principles; knowledge gained by systematic study.
6.a particular branch of knowledge.
7.

skill, esp. reflecting a precise application of facts or principles; proficiency.

 

This is a dictionary definition of ART.

1.the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.
2.the class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria; works of art collectively, as paintings, sculptures, or drawings: a museum of art; an art collection.
3.a field, genre, or category of art: Dance is an art.
4.the fine arts collectively, often excluding architecture: art and architecture.
5.any field using the skills or techniques of art: advertising art; industrial art.
6.(in printed matter) illustrative or decorative material: Is there any art with the copy for this story?
7.the principles or methods governing any craft or branch of learning: the art of baking; the art of selling.
8.the craft or trade using these principles or methods.
9.skill in conducting any human activity: a master at the art of conversation.
10.a branch of learning or university study, esp. one of the fine arts or the humanities, as music, philosophy, or literature.
11.arts,
a.(used with a singular verb) the humanities: a college of arts and sciences.
b.(used with a plural verb) liberal arts.
12.skilled workmanship, execution, or agency, as distinguished from nature.
13.trickery; cunning: glib and devious art.
14.studied action; artificiality in behavior.
15.an artifice or artful device: the innumerable arts and wiles of politics.
16.Archaic. science, learning, or scholarship.

This is the dictionary definition of a GAME:

1.an amusement or pastime: children's games.
2.the material or equipment used in playing certain games: a store selling toys and games.
3.a competitive activity involving skill, chance, or endurance on the part of two or more persons who play according to a set of rules, usually for their own amusement or for that of spectators.
4.a single occasion of such an activity, or a definite portion of one: the final game of the season; a rubber of three games at bridge.
5.the number of points required to win a game.
6.the score at a particular stage in a game: With five minutes to play, the game was 7 to 0.
7.a particular manner or style of playing a game: Her game of chess is improving.
8.anything resembling a game, as in requiring skill, endurance, or adherence to rules: the game of diplomacy.
9.a trick or strategy: to see through someone's game.
10.fun; sport of any kind; joke: That's about enough of your games.
11.wild animals, including birds and fishes, such as are hunted for food or taken for sport or profit.
12.the flesh of such wild animals or other game, used as food: a dish of game.
13.any object of pursuit, attack, abuse, etc.: The new boy at school seemed to be fair game for practical jokers.
14.Informal. a business or profession: He's in the real-estate game.
15.Archaic. fighting spirit; pluck.
–adjective
16.pertaining to or composed of animals hunted or taken as game or to their flesh.
17.having a fighting spirit; plucky.
18.Informal. having the required spirit or will (often fol. by for or an infinitive): Who's game for a hike through the woods?
–verb (used without object)
19.to play games of chance for stakes; gamble.
–verb (used with object)
20.to squander in gaming (usually fol. by away).
—Idioms
21.die game,
a.to die after a brave struggle.
b.to remain steadfast or in good spirits at the moment of defeat: He knew that as a candidate he didn't have a chance in the world, but he campaigned anyway and died game.
22.make game of, to make fun of; ridicule: to make game of the weak and defenseless.
23.play games, to act in an evasive, deceitful, manipulative, or trifling manner in dealing with others: Don't play games with me—I want to know if you love me or not!
24.play the game, Informal.
a.to act or play in accordance with the rules.
b.to act honorably or justly: We naively assumed that our allies would continue to play the game.

 

Now, which of these three would you say can not apply to chess at all? 

 


6th January 2008, 03:45pm
#22
by PawnFork
St. Louis United States
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 390
Didn't Napoleon say that chess was "too complicated to be a game, but too trivial to spend time on" or something like that?  Whatever else it may be, one of the things it is is a contest between your reason and your instinct.  Ever notice how a beginner will do things like chase you to better squares, trade off the only piece that is doing anything, etc.?
6th January 2008, 03:56pm
#23
by lulubell83
California United States
Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 139
To me, chess is a complex game.  I realize that there are lots of calculations when you play, so maybe it's math too.
  However, there are other games that involve calculations too, like checkers or Chinese checkers. 
  I  

6th January 2008, 05:01pm
#24
by Manjazam
Seremban,NS Malaysia
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 212
Fintan wrote:

 

1.

 This is a dictionary definition of SCIENCE.

a branch of ......and so..so

..a very amusing details..agood job.

hmm..more realistic to me if ones can speak freely from their minds without having refer to something much complicates..like i just met anybody in the park jogging...he would speak his thought..much,much interesting...e.g a janitor and a Professor talking...

6th January 2008, 05:08pm
#25
by HalfSigma
Manhattan United States
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 62

Chess is certainly not "science" because it's a game and not a natural phenomenon to be studied.

 

Chess is a game in which each turn is a logical puzzle to be solved.

 

For some people it's more than just a game, it's a way of life. But a way of life is not necessarily science or art. 


6th January 2008, 05:15pm
#26
by Manjazam
Seremban,NS Malaysia
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 212
HalfSigma wrote: Chess is a game in which each turn is a logical puzzle to be solved.

..a very good thought..

6th January 2008, 05:52pm
#27
by erikido23
United States
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 979
HalfSigma wrote:

Chess is certainly not "science" because it's a game and not a natural phenomenon to be studied.

 

Chess is a game in which each turn is a logical puzzle to be solved.

 

For some people it's more than just a game, it's a way of life. But a way of life is not necessarily science or art. 

solving a logical problem utilizes the scientific theory does it not? 

6th January 2008, 09:10pm
#28
by mercytononeZ
New Orleans,LA United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 1946
I think chess is in its own catagory because it's more than all three of those
6th January 2008, 11:40pm
#29
by Chessroshi
Indianapolis United States
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 739
Chess is Chess!!! It only becomes something when we become involved. Paint is just paint until someone creates with it. Things just happen and exsist until we order them and label them into systems of scientific thought. So chess is what you are to it.
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