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I think that chess is a sport since famous players in a serious game of chess burn more calories than a football player for an hour
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then i would think 
It is, as Is a game which involves competition (winners and losers), as well as tactic and strategy
Chess is definitely a sport, because it has its own group thingy (FIDE).
Oct 28, 2018
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#6
As @FlashyFerrari once said:
"Well, if people can believe the moon landing is fake and the Earth is flat, then anything can happen 
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CHESS IS THE SPORTIEST SPORT OF SPORTY SPORTS
All forms of sport are sport.
@zembrianator 😱 dude gg ftw ☝️👍🤯
Oct 28, 2018
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#11
The difference between sport and game is the physical aspect. Chess has no physical component, so is not a sport.
Then there are games with a physical component but not athleticism, such as bowling or billiards, which I would also say are not sports. I think participation in a sport should somehow contribute to physical fitness, and like most people on the internet, since it is my opinion, it must be correct.
Oct 28, 2018
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#12
Yeah, it's a sport that requires physical exertion and physical exercising gives a player and edge in long tournaments. But I think the football players burn more calories.
I would say that it is a sport because you're using you're brain (If you have one and most people do not)
If a sport requires a physical component, giant blitz chess is most certainly a sport
https://www.chess.com/video/player/hikaru-nakamura-plays-giant-chess-in-south-africa
**Complete with loud cheering fans**
Its a sport where the one that is able to push his brain hardest does have an edge. Football is different where the pressure is elsewhere, its more about muscles, heart, balance, interacting with a team, ballhandling. In football you use more of the physical things, in chess you push your brain further. A combination is very good if you dont take to much headbanging in football. Isak Sjøberg is good in both sports, and GM Simen Agdestein was on the Norwegian national football team when he was ranked world number 18 in chess. Magnus Carlsen loves playing football.
I really have no idea what I am talking about. Such is life. My words are pure and utter garbage.
All chess are form of sports.
Oct 28, 2018
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#19
eliboericke wrote:
Chess is definitely a sport, because it has its own group thingy (FIDE).
Checkers has its own professional organisation called FMJD, which gives out Candidate Master, FMJD Master, International Master and International Grandmaster titles in checkers, as well as organising rated tournaments.
