Is Chess a sport?

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SupremeTactician

bodybuilders suck at chess.  Not neccessarily

cfour_explosive
vishyanandishere wrote:

 Wikipedia clearly states that chess is a mind sport, not a SPORT

that's like saying "USA is a free country, therefore it's not a country" lol

SupremeTactician

define country, define free country, and they won't match

SupremeTactician

also, the USA isn't a country

SupremeTactician

JK!!

president_max

Best check with Gatsby, the expert on sport. 

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president_max
bakimikic wrote:

Chess is sport. No more comments please!

bakimikic wrote:

Chess is sport until you do not say you are not sport player. When you say you are not sport player it means you put chess in non-sport category, but if you still saying that you are sport player you think chess is sport. But official chess is sport. For me chess is sport because I am champion of my country!

 

You broke your own rule

Anonymous_Combinator

Chess is sport, art and science! Cometicions, beautiful combinations and to guess variants! I like chess very much! 

president_max
ilovesmetuna wrote:

a science!! for crying out loud!

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the1stspartan
depends on your definition of sport. i would so no, it isn’t a sport.
macer75
blueemu wrote:
vital_gimion wrote:

I'm new here  and don't even know the value of getting trophies.

Zero. 

But it's funny you should bring that up... People can get trophies for chess, right? So that makes chess a sport!

macer75

But really, why are people still discussing whether chess is a sport? At this point people are just rehashing the same arguments that have long been discussed to death.

A far more interesting question would be 

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/are-sports-a-form-of-chess

SupremeTactician

there was no golden age

 

jorb8

it's a sport if you use your body to win

jorb8

chess is an advanced sport. you use your mind to win

jorb8

compete as you will

SupremeTactician

Chess is not defined by getting trophies

 

SupremeTactician

and @jorb8 you're mind is not part of your physical body. Your brain is, but your mind is a non-existent thing

TonyBenBen
Yes
Mockingjayfire

Chess is a sport and the worlds biggest WAN (the internet) has almost 75% proof for it if you research