What Is Chess????

What is chess?

Is it sport?

Is it art?

Is it just a board game? 

What's your opinion? 

all of em. how much sport, art or just game depends on the person.

Battle simulation.

I think it is depends on what level do you play it. So, if just amateur players (players without club, not playing tournaments, ect) play chess, it is a game. It is similar to that, when students play football at school for example. They are not do it as a profession, they are just playing. I think in this case, we can call it rather a game than a sport.
If a player plays it as his profession (so he plays in a club, plays in tournaments) then we can call it whether a game or a sport. It is a game because it is fun to play it. But we can call it a sport as well, because you need to practice, train, prepare for the game, tournaments. I would not call it an art. But it is only my opinion.

Chess is struggle and a fight according to Lasker.

chess is the mysteria of life

Chess is art and war.

hi guys. im new and im sorry but i couldnt find a topic that would encorporate my question. i've only played two games. and i cant seem to find the chat box? where is it? and how do i use it?

Chess is more science than art, and it's definitely war.  So I think I would have to say it's science and war.

A mind sport

@mynameiscraig:   What you should have done is start a new forum thread, asking that question.  But the answer is:  to the right of the chessboard, at the top, under the words "Let's Play", it says:

Moves     Chat     Details     Notes

Just click on Chat.    Write your message in the long narrow box down below, then click Enter, and your message will move to the chat box.

I think its a game!

Just a f*****g game!

Just a game.  It's in the same category as Monopoly, except (arguably) more difficult.

chess was a fantastic game until the internet made a joke of it.

A way of life?

no?

Not a sport, despite the FIDE's ridiculous claim it is.

Posibly a bit of everything else.

An artistic yet scientific game of war played for sport.

Chess is what one makes of it.