Is chess a game or a sport?
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Some people call it a game... Some call it a sport (like me)
I guess.... People who take it up seriously call it sport and people who play for fun as a habit, call it a game
Ya chess is a sport
It’s a game. Sports require physical exertion.
Mirriam-Webster defines a sport as - “A contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other.”
Mirriam-Webster defines a sport as - “A contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other.”
Neither. Chess is a species of cervine.
Feb 20, 2018
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I agree with Aizen89, chess can be viewed as an artform; the chess board is the canvas upon which great games unfold. Of course, blueemu has the ultimate answer here (at least as far as comedy is concerned). Hopefully this is not literal. When I hear games displaying Alekhine's famous attacking style, I often hear the opponent described as "trying to hold out the defense, while the opponent flings all of the pieces at their face."
I will never think of this in the same way again 
The general rule is....if you can drink beer and smoke cigarettes (of any kind) while you do it...its a game. thus chess is......a violent game.
Imalittleaxleotto wrote:
Homsar wrote:
It’s a game. Sports require physical exertion.
Mirriam-Webster defines a sport as - “A contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other.”
Are you saying moving the peices takes no physical exertion? I used to think of it as a game but by this definition it's a sport.
"exertion
: the act or an instance of exerting; especially : a laborious or perceptible effort"
Yes, I am saying that. I don't consider moving chess pieces to be laborious.
I think it's a sport, as it brings in environmental factors into the game-play, especially over the board factors when playing chess with a real person and a real board.
And anyways, mental effort takes energy, and often it is quite a laborious feat to find a move.
It’s only a sport if you have to wear a helmet
Apr 13, 2018
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It's a sport because it helped me with my obesity. I'm a bodybuilder now.
Apr 13, 2018
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#16
Then gradually increase the size of the chess board and the pieces u move.in a few months u will have muscles like smotitional or me
Whether it is a sport, or a game, how does this affect your life? Answer: it doesn’t. By the standard English definition it is a sport, but most importantly why do you even care? There is no conclusive point to be made regardless.
