chess is a sport.

Originally posted by Phlabibit
Chess is near valid... I would watch it on ESPN or ESPN2 when they show it.

I enjoy it.

I just hope it has a better chance than Monopoly or Parcheesi as a 'valid sport'.

I have never seen Monopoly covered on ESPN or in the sports pages... but I am SURE the fights are more intense!

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Originally posted by vacostner
ESPN also annually airs the Spelling Bee and they've televised Competitve Cup Stacking. Sports as well or activities for the Ritalin enhanced?

Originally posted by vacostner
ESPN also annually airs the Spelling Bee and they've televised Competitve Cup Stacking. Sports as well or activities for the Ritalin enhanced?

sport (spôrt, sprt) n.
1.a. Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
b. A particular form of this activity.
2. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
3. An active pastime; recreation.

Personally, if you look at the definition of sport, chess doesn't actually fall under any of these categories. While certainly demanding mental exertion, not much physical activity going on during a chess match. At its most basic form chess can be thrown into the same category as Monopoly and Parcheesi, as all these games have a set of rules and are competitve. Chess does require more intellect and skill, afterall it is the Game of Kings.

Originally posted by vacostner
sport (spôrt, sprt) n.
1.a. [b]Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
b. A particular form of this activity.
2. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
3. An active pastime; recreation.

Personal ...[text shortened]... are competitve. Chess does require more intellect and skill, afterall it is the Game of Kings.[/b]

Originally posted by vacostner
sport (spôrt, sprt) n.
1.a. [b]Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
b. A particular form of this activity.
2. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
3. An active pastime; recreation.

Personal ...[text shortened]... are competitve. Chess does require more intellect and skill, afterall it is the Game of Kings.[/b]

Originally posted by vacostner
sport (spôrt, sprt) n.
1.a. [b]Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
b. A particular form of this activity.
2. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
3. An active pastime; recreation.

Personal ...[text shortened]... are competitve. Chess does require more intellect and skill, afterall it is the Game of Kings.[/b]

Why does y0da keep scribbling on his black notepad?

Originally posted by nmdavidb
Oh I beg to differ...in a big tourney...like a 9 rounder...a person can lose up to 10lbs just from the stress.

It is physically demanding

Even on here I have to walk to the computer...look at the moves...walk to my bookcase...check a book to see if there is anything useful...walk back to the computer...oh wait that could have transposed from this opening too...walk back to the bookcase...etc

I hate walking

Dave

Originally posted by Phlabibit
Do you open your dictionary and cross out everything but the first definition?

3. An active pastime; recreation.

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What exactly is the argument here? To me chess is all of the above.
1) Is an art.
2) Chess is a game.
3) Chess is a sport.
4) Chess is a recreation.
5) Chess is a past time.
5) Chess can be a profession.
5) Chess is an Olympic event. http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/recognized/index_uk.asp

Chess is many things do different people.

Chess is a drug. For proof, I ref the withdrawl symptoms I experienced while RHP was offline last week.

Originally posted by vacostner
No, I take the third definition as meaning physically active as well. In a vague sense of interpretation, you can devise any hobby or task as a sport. For instance, my girlfriend likes to pick up shells along the beach, that's recreation, doesn't make it a sport. You stroke this subject with a broad brush and anything becomes a "sport".

Originally posted by Phlabibit
Why would you assume definition one has anything to do with the other definitions? Definition 2 clearly says physical in it, because that's part of definition 2. Definition 3 says nothing about physical, because it is not part of the definition.

If you apply your 'reasoning' to many words in the dictionary with more than one meaning, your going to get ...[text shortened]... stated separate, and you don't refer back to definition 1 to figure out definition 3.

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Originally posted by vacostner
OK, so take it at face value then. Any activity you take part in as a form of recreation is then by definition considered a sport? I'm lying in a hammock with one foot on the ground rocking myself back and forth. Glad to know hammock rocking is now a sport.