No it is not. Not even close.
BTW:
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/is-chess-a-sport-ending-the-debate?page=47#last_comment
No it is not. Not even close.
BTW:
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/is-chess-a-sport-ending-the-debate?page=47#last_comment
So if I play over the board with triple weighted pieces, it becomes a sport as I am lifting weights!
Changing a baby's diaper takes physical exertion, and you are competing with the baby to keep things dry, especially a boy, who while the diaper is off can fire at will at the wall in front of the changing table, and so changing diapers is a sport, right?
Oh my Buddha!
8 answers, 5 people and only one has read the question correctly.
All answers wrong (except the one from the 9 year old kid and spv1978), actually the question like this is a trap for most people, obviously.
Boris Spasskij was known to sweat profusely during matches, so sweat=activity therefore sport?, or not? in Azerbaijan people get offended if you say not a sport but simply a board game. In America the never-ending stereotyped view that if you like chess you're a nerd, oh but speed hot dog eating yes, that's a reala sport. So on and so on, a never-ending debate.
For me, not a sport. Intellectual activity yes. Robert Fischer said it's like taking a 3 hour exam, afterwards you feel tired.
You were just sitting the whole time for three or four hours, why so tired? Puzzling.
You can find an excellent article on this topic published in "The Contemporary Review," Dec. 1900, called "A Philospophy of Sport" by Henry Graves
page. 877
Well, I suppose you could consider it a sport. Maybe not a physical sport, but its considered the #1 intellectual exercise. excercise=sport? i dunno
I think so.