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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 3:47 am Post subject: chess sport?
would you personally include chess as a sport? _________________ I shall rule the world with an iron spork!!!!
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 3:56 am Post subject:
My dad does.
I kind of consider it a sport since it includes a challenge and competition.
Not to mention it exercises those muscles in your brain. Makes you smarter. _________________ Oh you can't help that. We're all mad here.
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 4:40 am Post subject:
i think a sport should require a physical component. chess is a very challenging game and requires a lot of skill to be good at it but i don't consider it a sport.
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 7:28 am Post subject:
I don't know...it requires a lot of thinking, but just because it's a club doesn't mean it's a sport (drama anyone?) _________________ "You can do the math a thousand way, but you can't undo the past"
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I would say chess is a game, like poker or Scrabble or Monopoly. _________________ „It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not.”
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 6:13 pm Post subject:
I would say yes it is cos it requires tactics, skill n u do compete against each other sport is not always has 2 b physical chess comes underneath as passive just like darts 4 example n basketball comes underneath as a active sport.
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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 3:29 am Post subject:
Yes, chess is a sport of the mind. I would play if I had someone to play with. _________________ Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 8:04 am Post subject:
There isn't much physical activity involved in chess.
I've always been good at it for some reason, never really studied it properly. I find the game a bit of an arm wrestle, once you have the advantage over your oponent, there is usually no way for them to recover.
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Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 11:24 am Post subject:
I don't consider chess as a sport, but as a board game and in general board games aren't classed as "sport" anyway. _________________ The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject:
I consider chess a sport. It's really competitive and people can spend their whole lives being trained and coached to become a grand master. A lot of GMs have made a living by winning chess tournaments. They're basically the same as athletes.
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