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Is chess a sport or a game?
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Odetth Burritos
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| I actually lol'd there. =) |
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Fredy Carpenter
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 3:40 pm |
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| Pancake Smith wrote: |
| It's still some degree of physical activity, much more than in chess. The definition of a sport is "Physical activity engaged in for pleasure", according to Merriam Webster. Chess is not a physical activity in the slightest, so it is not a sport. It's that simple. |
How much physical activity is qualified as a sport?
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Pancake Smith
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Yummytummy Burritos
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 4:12 pm |
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But that takes SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much energy...
*Yummytummy dies from the exhaustion
But I still say Chess is a sport.
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Fredy Carpenter
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Sometimes more sports use less physical activity than others. Yes, I know chess takes close to no physical activity at all, but I am still sticking with my answer of chess being a sport.
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Toothfairy Carpenter
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:03 pm |
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| If chess is a sport, then wouldn't many other things be sports that requires strategy and skill? Like puzzles and such? |
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Rowena Svoltaire
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 10:37 pm |
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Sport or game, the best bit is flinging the board into the air when you lose
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Captin Simpson
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 10:45 pm |
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| Rowena Svoltaire wrote: |
| Sport or game, the best bit is flinging the board into the air when you lose |
Or flicking the 'dead' pieces to one side. I love that.
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Pancake Smith
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 11:05 pm |
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| Rowena Svoltaire wrote: |
| Sport or game, the best bit is flinging the board into the air when you lose |
I played a friend of mine on my glass chessboard. He lost, and as he was wiping the pieces off from the board he took the board with it. The pieces were fine, but the board shattered.
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Rowena Svoltaire
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 11:07 pm |
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That's like a win-win!
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Mcrfreak Simpson
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 12:43 am |
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| Well I guess there's no chance I'm gonna get sympathy for this extreme chess injurey.. |
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Sobchak Lebowski
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 1:05 am |
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Shattering the board sounds pretty physical to me
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Sobchak Lebowski
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 1:10 am |
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You're not in the mood for games I take it
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Knyh Risotto
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| Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 1:13 am |
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Best chess injury: My uncle Fractured my dads Skull because he beat him at it.
Playing on a four-inch thick board didn't help either.
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