Chess : science or art?

I vote for "Art."

'Chess is the art which expresses the science of logic'. Mikhail Botvinnik

 Mmmm not bad you started off like William Wordsworth but ended up more like Eddie Murphy!!

There is an inherent connection between art and science, and chess illustrates that relationship quite beautifully...

Wow! How utterly profound!

i say it is a science and an art. think about it we set value on the differint peaces we evaluate risks vs rewards and probablity of a move. The we go back and evaluate games and addapt and we studdy openings. we use creativity to form stratagy 

Since when was there an art that wasn't a science?

Quousque tandem abutere, Catalina, patientia nostra?

Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur.

Chess is science.  Mastering this science is where the beauty of art can come in.

Ruthus' reply is both eloquent, succinct and so - in my view - just about sais it all.

 Sounds suspiciously like life...who said life wasn't a science? In fact, the words conscience and science are etymologically linked; to partly quote Sir Michael Caine : ' And not many people know that'!

The "black box" is of course just a machine with zero intelligence, but the ability to process huge numbers very quickly. Sadly, this rather moronic trait more than compensates for its inability to think.

Especially when you give it one of your positions to look at, it pauses for a few seconds, then plays a move that you considered and rejected, and announces mate in 25 (Yes, this has happened to me).

Mwhahaha. Pathetic, feeble human.

But how long before computers can do that as well?