chess is it just a game?

Originally posted by pradtf
no.

it's a fight according to lasker
it's a science according to capablanca
it's art according to alekhine

and it's an addiction according to some of the people here.

in friendship,
prad

Very well put pradtf,

I would add that chess is to you whatever you think it is for you (wow am getting philosophical here). What I mean with is that for some people it is their life or their job in case of many GM's making a living out of it. For other is just a game to kill some time...

For me it is always surprising. I have been playing chess for almost 20 years now (quite regular as well) and my current game against Pyrrho is something I have never seen before

(Feel free to take a look but please do not post any suggestions to either side...)

Anyone taking a closer look will realise that throughout the game, I was in (what I thought) a very comfortable position (especially after move 22) and somehow Jarno not only got out of it but seemed to have turned it round (Compliment here to Jarno :-). I don't try to indicate that this is a novelty per se, but has anyone ever been in an endgame against a queen and a bishop with a rock and four pawns left ...

That is what makes chess so damn interesting to me...

Kindest Regards

The Slow (loosing, lol) Pawn

Originally posted by pkingjacques
do you take chess to be more then a game?

Alex

Yes, it's also a small mammal, closely related to the shrew (look closer and you'll see it).

Originally posted by SirLoseALot
It's a game.No sport,no art,just a game.
But it is the best game ever 🙂

wrong wrong wrong! this game is not like any other game! People play it for money people even have it as a job that is all they do is play chess. No sport but an art IT IS NOT A GAME!