Full Version: is chess really a sport?
No chess is not a sport. Idiot.
QUOTE(kryogenix @ Feb 22 2009, 05:45 PM) 
does your granddad also tan in ovens?
I laughed. I probably shouldn't, but I did.
Anyway, Chess is not a sport.
QUOTE(Comptine @ Feb 22 2009, 06:23 PM)
Is playing the piano a sport than? There's piano competitions where you go against other players.
Art, not a sport.
This is a pretty stupid debate, but it's funny as hell how antagonistic people are against chess players. It's as if you guys got picked on by the chess club back in middle school or something.
THIS is my kind of sport:
I think it could be considered a sport... its competitive.
If you can play it while sitting down, it isn't a sport, and you are not an athlete.
QUOTE(RoyalSwagger @ Jun 11 2009, 04:15 PM)
I think it could be considered a sport... its competitive.
so you'd consider "guess who" and "clue" sports too, right?
MAYBE... but we are talking about chess here
let me explain what I was saying for people like you ^
Its completely a competitive activity second it takse the same physical and mental disciplines that any sport needs such as mental discipline, self confidence, endurance, pressure... thats all needed for ANY chess player to succeed (a professional one anyway).
BUT thinking about it maybe I change my answer and consider it not to be a sport because now that I have put more thought into it if you do consider chess a sport counting all that I just said then YOUR right that could be any game or activity.
let me explain what I was saying for people like you ^
Its completely a competitive activity second it takse the same physical and mental disciplines that any sport needs such as mental discipline, self confidence, endurance, pressure... thats all needed for ANY chess player to succeed (a professional one anyway).
BUT thinking about it maybe I change my answer and consider it not to be a sport because now that I have put more thought into it if you do consider chess a sport counting all that I just said then YOUR right that could be any game or activity.
try reading the thread
QUOTE(Tramatize @ Jun 11 2009, 07:27 PM)
If you can play it while sitting down, it isn't a sport, and you are not an athlete.
^Whatev have you every watched those guys in wheelchairs play basketball. That shits intense.
sport /spɔrt, spoʊrt/ –noun
1.an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature.
Not!
I am sure you don't work your muscles while doing chess
I am sure you don't work your muscles while doing chess
QUOTE(iExquisite @ Jun 16 2009, 09:16 PM)
Not!
I am sure you don't work your muscles while doing chess
I am sure you don't work your muscles while doing chess
That's your argument? That's your rebuttal? Are you serious?
QUOTE(WarMachine @ Jun 17 2009, 08:50 AM)
That's your argument? That's your rebuttal? Are you serious?
Didn't you see the (!) he is serious.
QUOTE(ley @ Jun 17 2009, 10:24 AM)
Didn't you see the (!) he is serious.
Thank you
I use 120 pound weights in place of my knights and rooks. I say it's a sport.
QUOTE(Buttsex @ Jun 18 2009, 10:13 PM)
I use 120 pound weights in place of my knights and rooks. I say it's a sport.
Lol if you use that then it's not fully chess now is it...
QUOTE(iExquisite @ Jun 18 2009, 10:58 PM)
Lol if you use that then it's not fully chess now is it...
It's more chess than the pussy version of chess you play.
iExquisite just lost his so called "swagg".
QUOTE(Mikeplyts @ Jun 19 2009, 03:06 AM)
iExquisite just lost his so called "swagg".
iExquigay never had any "swagg".
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