Chess is not a sport, or is it?
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May 4, 2017
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#1
I would like to consider chess is a sport, but there is so much computer interference that I can't bring myself to think of it anything other than a game which is getting stale. Can you help me to change my opinion?
Its a mindgame
It is a sport.
kaynight wrote:
No, a sport.
I would say, yes.
May 4, 2017
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#8
i wish it was a sport but technically it doesn't officially classify as a sport unfortunately.
May 4, 2017
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#9
Golf and bowling are real sport. Chess is merely a pastime for grumpy old men.
May 4, 2017
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#10
DeepFlight12 wrote:
Golf and bowling are real sport. Chess is merely a pastime for grumpy old men.
just joined the website what do you do?
a) go straight to the forums and insult people who play chess by saying it's for grumpy old men.
b) play chess.
Looking at the definition provided by Joe_Harper: "an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature.."
We all know it is not a sport since it has no athletic activity whatsoever. Although such games as chess and also some computer games are called (e)-sports nowadays. Probably just a trend to make some (fat) nerds feel better or it sounds good for marketing purposes as something having the word sport sounds serious instead of a mind game with zero athletic activity where you sit over the board for hours... 
DeepFlight12 wrote:
Golf and bowling are real sport. Chess is merely a pastime for grumpy old men.
Some might say it's the other way around. XD
"an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc."
May 4, 2017
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#14
gingerninja2003 wrote:
DeepFlight12 wrote:
Golf and bowling are real sport. Chess is merely a pastime for grumpy old men.
just joined the website what do you do?
a) go straight to the forums and insult people who play chess by saying it's for grumpy old men.
b) play chess.
I'm a grumpy old man myself. Love chess. No insult was ever intended by me.
the was a video here of d rensch and another playing giant piece chess blitz where they were racing around hauling the big pieces- that was kind of a sport
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tL4hNObADPg
daxypoo wrote:
the was a video here of d rensch and another playing giant piece chess blitz where they were racing around hauling the big pieces- that was kind of a sport
GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
May 4, 2017
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#19
You generally find that the people who push chess hardest as a sport are the ones who want to make money out of it.