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24th September 2007, 05:55am
#1
by chessbot3000
Cambridge, England United Kingdom
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 222

Chess is everything - art, science, and sport. - Karpov

 

Art is not a mirror of life, but a hammer with which to shape it. - Gorky

 

All art is quite useless - Wilde

 

So is chess a mirror, a hammer, or useless? Undecided

 

This thread should be called "mirror, hammer or useless?" (DOH! Yell)


24th September 2007, 06:50am
#2
by Charlie91
International
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 859
Mirror.  But for those who don't play, it's useless; I don't thing it's even a hammer.
24th September 2007, 06:55am
#3
by darkbake
Desert, Idaho United States
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 21
It is everything. Just like that first guy said.
24th September 2007, 07:37am
#4
by ivandh
GA United States
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 481

Hmm, what a question. But we must also answer what science and sport are.

" Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor.  " - Holmes

"Sports is the very fiber of all we stand for. It keeps our spirits alive." - FDR

 So chess is a useless hammer, a piece of furniture, or a fibery mirror...


27th September 2007, 09:27pm
#5
by DBHinz
Hyde Park, NY United States
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 5
I believe chess is an art because it's a game played with your imagination, a science because i think i've mastered it sometimes and a sport because well.. that's kinda obvious.
27th September 2007, 09:32pm
#6
by Etienne
Montreal, Quebec Canada
Member Since: Jul 2007
Member Points: 780
I think it's just a board game, although a very great one.
28th September 2007, 03:42am
#7
by chessbot3000
Cambridge, England United Kingdom
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 222
Etienne wrote: I think it's just a board game, although a very great one.

You're absolutely right. I was being inane, and feel humbled by your sensible answer. Thanks! Smile


29th September 2007, 11:52pm
#8
by makhluk-aneh
pekanbaru, riau Indonesia
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 55
Chess is quite useless. But it is a lot of fun.
 
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