I rollerblade. But idk if you can call that a “sport”
Are chess players athletes? 💨
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technical_knockout wrote:
chess players are e-athletes. 😎
We need an e-olympics though 😂
May 5, 2022
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autumncurtis wrote:
technical_knockout wrote:
chess players are e-athletes. 😎
We need an e-olympics though 😂
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Olympiad
InsertInterestingNameHere wrote:
I rollerblade. But idk if you can call that a “sport”
That's an extreme sport, like skateboarding or snowboarding 
Playing chess at top level doesn't make them athletes, but it's not a big secret that being in a good physical shape can benefit their mental performance.
May 6, 2022
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autumncurtis wrote:
Or generally esports players? ♟️ at a professional level*
Chess players can certainly be athletic, if they lead an athletic lifestyle outside of chess (wholly recommended!). But chess itself is not an athletic activity.
Professional chess players are professional board-game players. 
Stil1 wrote:
autumncurtis wrote:
Or generally esports players? ♟️ at a professional level*
Chess players can certainly be athletic, if they lead an athletic lifestyle outside of chess (wholly recommended!). But chess itself is not an athletic activity.
Professional chess players are professional board-game players.
Yes. Their life is a board game... 
May 6, 2022
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chess also attracts competitive people (including athletes) & seekers of truth:
perpetuating negative stereotypes about the average chess player's physical condition is ridiculous;
one of the best chess players i know is a 230-lb. construction worker (he's in the elite league right now)... you'd never think he was a chess player unless you had no prejudices on the matter.
I reckon @GMYAZ - Yasserdaddy would make for a great high jumper now I think about it 🤔😜😂
They can be. I play golf, swim, and hike, which are athletic. So I am a chess player who is also an athlete. But a chess player who doesn't compete in athletics isn't an athlete.
May 6, 2022
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technical_knockout wrote:
seirawan was a boxer.
really? boxers look scary but he is cute, he laughs and smiles.. lovely
paritoshkothari wrote:
I think they can be considered athletes. Studies show that people who play intense chess matches tend to lose a lot of energy and calories during the match as their brain is as focused and needs as much glucose as required by any other runner or swimmer in a competition.
Wouldn't the energy used from playing chess be more of a mental exertion rather than a physical one?
Because if it is, then someone staring at art, which is a mental pursuit, would be an athlete.
May 6, 2022
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intentionally starving, exercising your brain & being sick are 3 different things.
If your rating higher then 1500 , you are athletic
May 6, 2022
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paritoshkothari wrote:
I think they can be considered athletes. Studies show that people who play intense chess matches tend to lose a lot of energy and calories during the match as their brain is as focused and needs as much glucose as required by any other runner or swimmer in a competition.
Here we go again.
Often tbh they are not but you can sometimes see some real muscley guys. Personally i play chess but that doesn't mean i do not practice sports. I skate and I play table tennis very regulary. Also please join my official french clan: https://www.chess.com/club/french-peacocks/join