This place boggles me:
Why is Chess considered a sport?
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Apr 10, 2012
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trysts wrote:
This place boggles me:
Good one; that boggles everybody!
Apr 10, 2012
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stevesportz4 wrote:
trysts wrote:
This place boggles me:
Good one; that boggles everybody!
It seems like a Hollywood set. Part Vatican City. Part Rembrandt. All fake.
Well, the fake part sure is accurate.
Come on, let's stay on topic folks, this is an important question that needs to be answered.
Apr 10, 2012
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Okay...How can it be a sport when the real violence is in your imagination?
It may be intransitive, but is it also a sport?
Apr 10, 2012
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because of the rigorous amount of time your brain has to work.
in higher level chess, after 3 games, people are getting very exhausting.
also, chess boxing is more of a sport than just regular chess.
Here is dictionary.com's definition. Chess qualifies as definitions 1 and 3.
sport
[spawrt, spohrt] Show IPAnoun
1.
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess andoften of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis,golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
2.
a particular form of this, especially in the out of doors.
3.
diversion; recreation; pleasant pastime.
4.
jest; fun; mirth; pleasantry: What he said in sport was takenseriously.
5.
mockery; ridicule; derision: They made sport of him.
I have a strange feeling definition #5 will be used often.
Only by the unworthy or uncapable to understand the beauty of the game.
This has always boggled me.