My opinion is that it is a sport of the mind
Actually I Was Wrong, Chess is a Banana - AGC
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Oh hecks nah this is absolutely a sport. Specifically my favorite sport
Apr 27, 2025
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Only if you are playing seriously though. Because when professionals (or people in general) play in classical tournaments and are seriously trying and thinking they are often very tired and hungry after playing, but if you spam like 3 hours of bullet games you won't feel anything
you join chess.com to play seriously in irl as well (well thats me but)
Apr 27, 2025
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#5
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Oh hecks nah this is absolutely a sport. Specifically my favorite sport
bet, swimming and soccer in the top 5 for me
chess 100% is a sport
Thank you for this. I completely agree that chess is a sport and it’s extremely frustrating when people deny it.
I'm not really sure, but (kinda unrelated) I don't consider anything decided by a panel of judges a sport (yes, that includes boxing tiebreakers).
you are so rihg
Not a sport.
Apr 27, 2025
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chess is a sport. I want to see u without food/rest for five hours straight, using your brain all the time. calculating variations, seeing tactics, etc. you get really exhausted after that. chess is a sport - something so wonderful and amazing and brilliant that I can't describe with words. I devote my life to chess - I am in awe of the entire game, the concept of tactics, tactics themselves, openings, endgames, brilliances, blunders - everything. I love it all
AGC-Gambit_YT wrote:
bet, swimming and soccer in the top 5 for me
is chess your top 1 though??
Apr 27, 2025
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#18
If chess is a sport, simply because it raises your heart rate and causes you to focus intensely for hours, then a lot of other board games and card games are the same.
speedcubing is a sport
I'm sorry, people making points against this are just using their opinion, and deny when big organizations prove otherwise. Like who will you trust, your dumb self, or respected organizations.
I'm pretty sure the choice is obvious
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No, the choice is not obvious, people can argue each side, even when many disagree, and I'm fine with that, and I'm biased too, but I was wrong, it's just opinions, and so is this post, which is an opinion. I have come to a conclusion that I agree to disagree, I THINK you're wrong, that doesn't make your view wrong if you disagree with me. I hate those who argue just because 1 person disagrees, but yet again, it can be justified, but those times are very rare. In my summary statement, definitions from an old book seem fishy, and we can change them, making chess a banana.