Chess IS a Sport

I'm sorry, people making points against this are just using their opinion, and deny when big organizations prove otherwise. Like who will you trust, your dumb self, or respected organizations.

I'm pretty sure the choice is obvious 💀

My opinion is that it is a sport of the mind

I mean yeah

Agreed

Only if you are playing seriously though. Because when professionals (or people in general) play in classical tournaments and are seriously trying and thinking they are often very tired and hungry after playing, but if you spam like 3 hours of bullet games you won't feel anything

Oh hecks nah this is absolutely a sport. Specifically my favorite sport

you join chess.com to play seriously in irl as well (well thats me but)

bet, swimming and soccer in the top 5 for me

chess 100% is a sport

Finally sensible people

"violent"

if you count mentally 💀

i changed my mind.

chess is not a sport after all.

just kidding guys, just kidding.

ok good lmao

I'm not really sure, but (kinda unrelated) I don't consider anything decided by a panel of judges a sport (yes, that includes boxing tiebreakers).

you are so rihg

Not a sport.

chess is a sport. I want to see u without food/rest for five hours straight, using your brain all the time. calculating variations, seeing tactics, etc. you get really exhausted after that. chess is a sport - something so wonderful and amazing and brilliant that I can't describe with words. I devote my life to chess - I am in awe of the entire game, the concept of tactics, tactics themselves, openings, endgames, brilliances, blunders - everything. I love it all