Is chess a sport?

[RichardsReds]

Well is it?


I MEAN IS IT?

[Keano!]

Technically............yes!


lol.....


...no disrespect to players but there should be subs. "Cramp in my middle finger!!
Sub! Sub"......."No. 10 Get in there!"



:p

[burnzy1987]

no, no it isn't

[Jazz 16]

I wouldn't be one to watch chess now, but give the guys who play well
some credit ffs. You need to have a powerful brain to be amazing at chess.
It's a sport but just a very boring one.....

[cjl_safcfan]

im one of the best in my school, but that is one boring game...

definition of sport according to me: someting that excercises you in some way or another
chess excersises the mind...making it in my opinion, a sport

[-zuco-]

By that logic Jazz, someone who's good at crosswords can call himself a sportsman :rolleyes:

[Lawbreaker1944]

Chess is a sport.

I wouldn't be one to watch chess now, but give the guys who play well
some credit ffs. You need to have a powerful brain to be amazing at chess.
It's a sport but just a very boring one.....
How could you say that??

The fastest is Bullet chess (every player has only 60 seconds!!). It is not boring in any way.

[Jazz 16]

I've never seen bullet chess, just the old progs of gary Kasparov taking ages.....

[Lawbreaker1944]

Enjoy!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eqLBr6X2RJI&feature=related

Bullet chess also depends on player's honesty.

[reddwarf]

I used to play chess about 15 years ago (I was ranked number 6 in my local area and played in the regional finals :o )

I wouldn't class it as a sport tbh. I've always thought of sports requiring some physical exertion. Chess is certainly more mental than physical.

[versa]

According to dictionary.com,

sport Audio Help /spɔrt, spoʊrt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[spawrt, spohrt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
2. a particular form of this, esp. in the out of doors.
3. diversion; recreation; pleasant pastime.
4. jest; fun; mirth; pleasantry: What he said in sport was taken seriously.
5. mockery; ridicule; derision: They made sport of him.
6. an object of derision; laughingstock.
7. something treated lightly or tossed about like a plaything.
8. something or someone subject to the whims or vicissitudes of fate, circumstances, etc.
9. a sportsman.
10. Informal. a person who behaves in a sportsmanlike, fair, or admirable manner; an accommodating person: He was a sport and took his defeat well.
11. Informal. a person who is interested in sports as an occasion for gambling; gambler.
12. Informal. a flashy person; one who wears showy clothes, affects smart manners, pursues pleasurable pastimes, or the like; a bon vivant.
13. Biology. an organism or part that shows an unusual or singular deviation from the normal or parent type; mutation.
14. Obsolete. amorous dalliance.
–adjective 15. of, pertaining to, or used in sports or a particular sport.
16. suitable for outdoor or informal wear: sport clothes.
–verb (used without object) 17. to amuse oneself with some pleasant pastime or recreation.
18. to play, frolic, or gambol, as a child or an animal.
19. to engage in some open-air or athletic pastime or sport.
20. to trifle or treat lightly: to sport with another's emotions.
21. to mock, scoff, or tease: to sport at suburban life.
22. Botany. to mutate.
–verb (used with object) 23. to pass (time) in amusement or sport.
24. to spend or squander lightly or recklessly (often fol. by away).
25. Informal. to wear, display, carry, etc., esp. with ostentation; show off: to sport a new mink coat.
26. Archaic. to amuse (esp. oneself).
—Idiom27. sport one's oak. oak (def. 5).


So as a quick synopsis, a sport should generally be an "athletic activity", involve "skill" and "physical prowess", be of "competitive nature" and "out of doors".

Taking the norm rather than the exception and as a sum of total parts, chess should thus be technically and categorically NOT classified as a sport as it involves only 2 of the 5 recognised characteristics ie "skill" and "competitive nature". :)

In the same token, sex is actually more sport than chess as it involves 3 of the 5 recognised characteristics except "competitive nature" and "out of doors"; generally speaking of course. :D

[reddwarf]

In the same token, sex is actually more sport than chess as it involves 3 of the 5 recognised characteristics except "competitive nature" and "out of doors"; generally speaking of course. :D

It's like a form of wrestling...or have I been doing it wrong? :o

:D

[RichardsReds]

It's like a form of wrestling...or have I been doing it wrong? :o

:D

Please stay on topic!

Besides no one wants to know about your sex life! Maybe Jazz would actually... :cool:

[Skele]

I think that it is.And a very special one.

[Keano!]

Well it is versa! ;)

Chess today is a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee.

lol....they've got leagues and all! ;)

[versa]

Well it is versa! ;)

lol....they've got leagues and all! ;)

It doesn't matter. But great to know. ;)

[Keano!]

It doesn't matter. But great to know. ;)


lol.....no intention of taking it up then? Eh?


I played a bit when I was 12 but just got fed up with the boredom and headaches! :o

[versa]

lol.....no intention of taking it up then? Eh?

I played a bit when I was 12 but just got fed up with the boredom and headaches! :o

Played a bit when I was young too but knew I will never excel in it, after hearing that I would need to read up. :o

I only know one strategy if you can call it strategy: Sicilian Defence. :D

[reddwarf]

I think that it is.And a very special one.

Are we still talking about chess here or is this off topic too? :D

[marty davidson]

nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooo

[-zuco-]

According to wiki:

Chess is a recreational and competitive game played between two players

;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess

[versa]

"Real men" shouldn't be interested to find out if chess is a sport. There must be many more macho things to talk about or do.;)