This place boggles me:
Why is Chess considered a sport?
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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.
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
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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.
This has always boggled me.