Please explain to me HOW it isn't a sport. You guys keep just saying "it isn't a sport" and have no facts to support your claim.
And don't say
No physical activity
There's sill activity
Just a different kind
no physical activity IS the argument.
using your "logic", one could ask you to prove how grass grows but you are not allowed to mention photosynthesis.
Annie Oakley could shoot the crack off a gnat at 300 yards!
She was a good shot, but this claim stretches the truth, I suspect.
Still, most of what I know about Annie Oakley is what I read at the Josephine County Shhoting Range in the early 1970s. There, the women’s bathrooms were marked with her name, while the men’s were marked with the name of some famous buffalo hunter or gunfighter.
Please explain to me HOW it isn't a sport. You guys keep just saying "it isn't a sport" and have no facts to support your claim.
And don't say
No physical activity
There's sill activity
Just a different kind
no physical activity IS the argument.
using your "logic", one could ask you to prove how grass grows but you are not allowed to mention photosynthesis.
But a sport doesn't require physical activity just activity though
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True.
But now look up the definition of "board game" ... The word "chess" is, quite literally, in the definition itself ... 
Yes but a board game is still a game
Yes, but chess is already defined as a board game. That's the correct definition of it.
We could argue that "Board games are sports", I suppose - but would that be accurate? Or would we just be trying to redefine something, despite it already having a definition?
Consider, for example, "accounting": the skill or activity of keeping records of the money a person or organization earns and spends
Now someone could say, "Ah hah! Accounting is a skill or activity. That means we can call it a sport, too!"
But would that be accurate, as well? I'm not so sure ...
A board game is a tabletop game
A tabletop game is still a game lol
Maybe a boardgame is a less broad and more accurate definition but that is still a game it fits both categories
Now someone could say, "Ah hah! Accounting is a skill or activity. That means we can call it a sport, too!"
Yes but what's more impressive being able to see something ten moves deep without panicking or getting stressed or correctly or adding and subtracting ?
Now someone could say, "Ah hah! Accounting is a skill or activity. That means we can call it a sport, too!"
Yes but what's more impressive being able to see something ten moves deep without panicking or getting stressed or correctly or adding and subtracting ?
I actually dabbled in accounting for a bit and I found it much more confusing than chess.
Assets and liabilities and equities, accruals and amortizations, compound interest and present/future values and ugh ... I'd rather study the Najdorf ... 
Stats is harder than chess the issue is it has to be in a form of some sort of competition or game accounting and stats aren't really
Unless it is like speedmath or something
... the issue is it has to be in a form of some sort of competition or game accounting and stats aren't really
Well ... not according to the definition that you quoted.
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, something has to be a game, or a competition, or an activity, to be considered a sport.
Accounting is obviously an activity, so it still applies. It also requires skill (financial literacy, data manipulation) and physical effort (you've got to move your hands to write and/or type in your data), and it's done according to the rules.
Therefore, Accounting satisfies all the defined criteria of a "sport".
This, of course, is the problem with broad definitions - nearly anything can be loosely defined as a "sport".
That's why I point to the definition of "board game", in which the word "chess" is literally mentioned. There's nothing vague about that definition - it clearly defines exactly what chess is ...
I think it has to be a competition first if I recall...
It is sorta like how matching band isn't considered a sport because it is an art instead for whatever reason 🤷
I think it has to be a competition first if I recall...
It makes sense to use competition as a metric, I agree. And chess definitely is competitive.
But, to me, calling chess a sport is like calling a whale a "giant fish". Sure, whales have a lot of physical and behavioral similarities to fish ... but they're ... technically mammals.
And it's true that competitive chess shares a lot of common traits with competitive sports ... but it's ... technically a board game.
And still a board game can be a sport if it fits the right critieria cause it is still a game
Like thinking for 6 hours straight and not trying to mess up is a lot harder... It is like a full time job almost I also bet chess raises heart rate more than accounting you don't have to be fit to do it but if you aren't you might get a heart attack
And still a board game can be a sport if it fits the right critieria cause it is still a game
Like thinking for 6 hours straight and not trying to mess up is a lot harder... It is like a full time job almost I also bet chess raises heart rate more than accounting you don't have to be fit to do it but if you aren't you might get a heart attack
What "criteria" would a board game have to fit to be a sport? Thinking 6 hours straight? I didn't realize that was any sort of criteria for a sport. Lots of things require thinking for 6 hours straight. Like, oh I don't know, remaining alive.
What about Noland Arbaugh. When he plays chess, is he participating in a sport?
Is arguing about whether or not chess is a sport a sport?
What's that got to do with gnat neutering?