Read this biased article and accept it, chess is a sport.
http://londonchessconference.com/a-question-of-sport/
Is chess a sport?
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Jan 8, 2017
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#43
Also. Whats up with your definition of sport? Competitors do not have to directly contest each other's ability.
I posit my additional burden for definition because I believe that appreciation of athletic and physical contest does not require categorization as "sport". I read that article on the ending the debate thread- not one point made in the article impresses me in that the closest they come to an argument about physicality is similar to the one you made, which I've already said doesn't rise to what the physical element of sport calls to mind.
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#48
Cool story bro. I am not civilized enough to debate stuff like this without getting mad. So ill leave.
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#49
Oh yisus, did I really hurt GarryKasparovSuck's feelings that much as to get him to lick my kiwis wherever I go?
Jan 8, 2017
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#51
I guess I can feed you a little bit, just so you dont die. I need some corydoras to keep my tank clean.
Jan 8, 2017
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#54
If that is me triggered, then you dont want to see me when Im really TRIGGERED!!!!
Bronstein- I appreciate your inputs, and I also wish I had more languages outside of my own English than being able to navigate Japanese and Italian restaurants.
Jan 8, 2017
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#58
tiredofjapan escribió:
Bronstein- I appreciate your inputs, and I also wish I had more languages outside of my own English than being able to navigate Japanese and Italian restaurants.
Lol. Thanks too, you had some interesting thoughts. But Im a kid, and I dont want to start getting triggered in what is supposed to be a friendly debate, so I will not join the debate lol.
we all need to get triggered once in a while- as much as I try to tell myself the meaning of sport doesn't matter, it does turn over in my head every time this topic is brought up. I can't stay away, no matter how I try.
Need for fitness doesn't qualify in my mind. I've stated before, it ultimately doesn't matter to me except in thinking about a word (sport) rigorously as a mental activity. But you need to be fit to do a lot of things that aren't sport. For what it's worth, I don't consider competitive weightlifting, cheerleading, gymnastics, or figure skating to be sports, even though I appreciate the athleticism required of participants. These fail my definition because opponents do not directly contest each others' ability to accomplish their maneuvers. Sport by general definition requires physical activity. Chess fails this test. I have previously acknowledged that the electrical and chemical impulses of the brain happen in a physical vessel which must be well cared for to maintain the efficiency of neural pathways. That idea gives me pause, but it's not enough for me to call chess a sport- those neurons firing must alter physical reality by either muscular precision or muscular endurance. Once again, ultimately doesn't matter- the terms are abstract to the point that it is irrelevant I am merely stating what I believe to be a rigorous and parsimonious explanation of my viewpoint, in the hope that it provides a coherent explanation for people of the opposing viewpoint to understand the thought process which leads me here.