You are probably wondering if chess is a sport?Waile it is it involves thinking and strategy .Thankyou for reading.

Let the parade of trolls begin!

No. Its a game.

From: The Chess-player’s Handbook: A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the game of Chess

The game of chess...

Does it matter if it is a sport?  Honestly the only people I remember caring were the geeks in high school who thought being part of a sport made you popular.  The same thing is brought up in Magic: The Gathering forums and videogame forums.

It's a stupid debate. "Sitting over a board for 12 hours requires stamina!" Yeah, far less than my running 5km in 15 minutes, and slightly more than my day job.

Semantic nonsense.  If you mean sport to include any kind of organized, competitive activity, then yes.  If you mean something that involves physical activity beyond sitting still and concentrating, then no.  Issue settled.  Please lock thread.

Wasn't there a 200 page thread on this? Back in the cheater_1 era?

It depends on how you define "a sport". Issue resolved.

Is showjumping a sport?

What is this nonsense? According to a study by the Health magazine, moving chess pieces actually requires energy, depending on the chess piece:

Pawn: 5 calories (+ 1 for en passant or for moving two spaces)

Knight: 9 calories

Bishop: 7 calories + 1 for each square moved diagonally

Rook: 8 calories + 0.75 for each square moved orthogonally

Queen: 8 calories + 1.5 for each square moved diagonally or + 1 for each square moved orthogonally

King: 9 calories (+ 10 for castling kingside [rook move included] or + 11 for castling queenside [rook move included])

For blitz checks, multiply total calories by 1.5.

You tend to get more calories per move with hypermodern openings or moving your queen out early (the latter appeals to beginners!)

If chess is to be considered a sport, virtually every other game on earth would have to be too. So why not just ask if all games are also sports?

When was the last time a Snakes and Ladders World Championship was held? Or how about the Jenga Olympiad?

The real issue is whether "mind sports" like chess, poker, go etc. should receive comparable levels of government funding, media coverage and general respect that traditional sports get.

According to my calculations, all you have to do is play blitz and move your queen 53 times, 3 squares per move.

Alternatively, you can play 43 blitz games where you castle in each game, and you've burned off the entire Big Mac from castling alone.

Better drop the burger and only eating apples.

They have only about 70 kcal, so you just need a few moves and never need to practice other sports.

 Now that's what I call a chess diet.

"Now, introducing the new Special K(ing) Diet, sponsored by the strong (and athletic!) chess player Garry Kasparov himself! No more push-ups or lousy processed food - all you need to do is eat Pawn-shaped Protein bars and shove wood and you'll be fit in no time!"

I like this idea -- maybe some of the older members could propose the proper chess.com eras dating back to the beginning of time, nearly 4 years ago.

I dub the era the Tonydallian Era, dominated by the Echecian Party of Trollunism, led by the great NM* Tonydal himself!

*stands for No Master, a sign of Tonydal's prolific modesty.

A game of soccer, A game of hockey.. Not a sport of soccer or sport of hockey.. think about it.

(Aug 1972)

The fact that this question comes up means people's understanding of the word "sport" is broader than a physical competition and to many has come to mean any competition.

Other than splitting hairs about that I guess I don't really understand the importance of the distinction between sport and game.  Are sports fundamentally > games?  If the only difference is physical activity then why would it even matter?

I really don't get it (?)