No it is not. Not even close.
BTW:
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/is-chess-a-sport-ending-the-debate?page=47#last_comment
Can you consider Chess a sport?
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Hmmm, I dunno.
It's mental excercise, but I don't think it's exactly a sport.
A sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.
So I guess it depends if you consider moving a piece and hitting a clock physical exertion...
It is not recognised as a sport in the UK and receives no public funding. It is worth reminding ourselves why the International Olympic Committee and over 100 countries recognise chess as a sport. Competitive. The objective of a game of chess is to win.
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AlkinKing wrote:
A sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.
So I guess it depends if you consider moving a piece and hitting a clock physical exertion...
A sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.
So I guess it depends if you consider moving a piece and hitting a clock physical exertion...
So if I play over the board with triple weighted pieces, it becomes a sport as I am lifting weights!
Changing a baby's diaper takes physical exertion, and you are competing with the baby to keep things dry, especially a boy, who while the diaper is off can fire at will at the wall in front of the changing table, and so changing diapers is a sport, right?
yes chess is my life and i am 9
I don't think it's actually considered competing to change a diaper but yeah, you get the idea.
Oh my Buddha!
8 answers, 5 people and only one has read the question correctly.
All answers wrong (except the one from the 9 year old kid and spv1978), actually the question like this is a trap for most people, obviously.
Jul 6, 2017
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Chess is a sport because it involves physical activity, such as slamming your head against the wall when you lose
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Is motor racing a sport? If it is, then so is long distance lorry driving.
Boris Spasskij was known to sweat profusely during matches, so sweat=activity therefore sport?, or not? in Azerbaijan people get offended if you say not a sport but simply a board game. In America the never-ending stereotyped view that if you like chess you're a nerd, oh but speed hot dog eating yes, that's a reala sport. So on and so on, a never-ending debate.
For me, not a sport. Intellectual activity yes. Robert Fischer said it's like taking a 3 hour exam, afterwards you feel tired.
You were just sitting the whole time for three or four hours, why so tired? Puzzling.
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You can find an excellent article on this topic published in "The Contemporary Review," Dec. 1900, called "A Philospophy of Sport" by Henry Graves
page. 877
Chess is not a sport because you do not fight and argue like many sports.
i think there will never be a true answer. i dont know who 2 believe
Well, I suppose you could consider it a sport. Maybe not a physical sport, but its considered the #1 intellectual exercise. excercise=sport? i dunno
caimimi wrote:
Chess is not a sport because you do not fight and argue like many sports.
Some players have been known to 
Not to mention all the "discussion" that goes on on these forums.
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I think so.