Chess isn't a sport

This means nothing. That article talked about funding for chess organizations which is little either way and is not comparable to the court. Even if the funding from governments were to be removed, people would still be happy to donate. For example in 2022, FIDE received most of its funding from rights to the world chess championship (which FIDE manages), the chess olympiad (which FIDE manages), sponsorships, and donations: https://www.fide.com/92nd-fide-general-assembly-results-and-decisions/. Google, alone, has donated $4,000,000 to Fide and has lobbied $16,000,000: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/google-inc/summary?id=D000022008. This shows that even if some organizations no longer received funding from the government, the biggest one would still receive almost all of its funding and the others may potentially too.

Just because a definition isn't the most widely accepted doesn't mean its wrong, words ca have many different meanings, and language is complex and nuanced. Therefore, it follows that chess is a sport, because it meets one of the widely accepted definitions.

https://www.olympics.com/ioc/faq/sports-programme-and-results/what-are-the-conditions-required-for-a-sport-to-be-recognised-by-the-ioc

The IOC recognizes FIDE as the governing body of the SPORT of chess.

https://www.olympics.com/ioc/recognised-international-federations/world-chess-federation

https://www.olympics.com/ioc/recognised-international-federations

Poker relies heavily on chance, therefore it is not a sport. Although bridge is a sport. I'm not sure about Speech and Debate.

Chess is just a game like Parcheesi or Pinnacle, as Fabiano Caruana used to say, chess is meaningless

What makes it just a game?

Chess is a game, for something to be a sport it has to be competitive and there needs to be non-brain muscle groups you train to play better, while the brain is a muscle, every sport on earth requires you to train it vigorously, and non-sports also train your brain, you can train your brain in order to pass a history test, but the test is in no way a sport. Chess is competitive, so it checks the first box, but as for the non-brain muscle group part... no. While many great chess players do things such as play tennis, swim, or lift weights, they are simply trying to achieve overall fitness to boost brain activity, which means they are training the brain. The workouts that chess players do all relate to brain health. Therefore, chess cannot be a sport as there is no specific muscle group besides the brain that it targets

chess is a sport. It requires your brain,your brain is physical part of your body,is it not?

What is your source for that definition, don't be offended, but I can't take your word for it.

To be clear, I was talking to Pho_Lover

Yes, but literally everything you do requires your brain, waking up, sleeping, eating, chess exerts your brain, but so does uno, so does monopoly, so does a history test.

thats why there is a definition that doesn't just talk about that. did you click the links I posted?

It works because every activity accepted as a sport follows those guidelines, and non-sports don't

whta about chess?

Chess doesn't work, a sport needs physical activity, and while mental activity relates to physical activity, only mental activity is required.

Here's the argument that can put this to rest: The best chess "player" on earth is a computer, it has no arms, legs, nothing. All it is is a big brain, and yet it is the best at chess compared to any human regardless of their fitness. No sport could ever be dominated by a tiny microchip the way chess is.

You can't start a proof assuming what you are proving is true. You have to clearly show that there is only ONE definition of sport, that every single other relevant definition is wrong, and then show that chess does not meet that definition. You must include sources to prove your point. Convince me and everyone else that chess isn't a sport.