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Is Chess an Art?

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Esoliut
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Jan 26, 2022
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I rang The Arts Council in London, UK and asked if they would fund a installation project namely based on Chess for the Chess community to participate and onlookers to enjoy. The person on the call from the ‘Arts Council’ who was a musician with “a fashion designer wife” laughed and hung up because 1. Had to pick his kid up and apparently “no one else who would be available” even though they are due to finish in 1 hr . No one with more experience or creativity to handle the grant query at the Arts Council? 2. HE doesn’t class Chess as an Art and declared that “the Arts Council grant fund wouldn’t fund Chess” Thoughts?