Chess cards -- sports or nonsports?
 

I dunno.

Game cards?

I say nonsports. Definition of sports is an activity that requires some form of physical involvement. Chess is mental, not physical.

Fischer made the cover of Sports Illustrated.

I’ve always referred to them as sports cards. It is a competition between two sides.

Fun cards to try and find and relatively inexpensive too compared to the growth everywhere else.

(BTW, where’d you find the facechess Carlsen? Been looking for a replacement for a long time now)

If there was ever any questions as to this issue it should be settled in the mind of youth of today with the advent of E-sports were Vidio games are considered a varsity sport in high school and you are able to earn your varsity sports letter in E-sports along with traditional sports.

Sports & Games........or whatever you want it to be.....or whatever keyword you think might get it found on Ebay. ;)

Hell.....there's a very popular movement called ESports now. If they can call video gaming a sport, they can certainly call Chess a Sport.

I know plenty of people, who for years refused to call Golf or Bowling or Auto Racing, sports.

I'm not sure what it matters, but people will argue to the ends of the earth what constitutes a sport and what doesn't.




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Damn! Beat me to it.

Years ago on ebay.

Is it hard to find now?

When I was younger I had a list of things that made something a sport.
A yes to any makes it a sport.

1 Does it involve a ball. (Shape doesn't matter)
2 does it involve hitting something with a stick?
3 do the competitors wear numbers?

* there may have been others designed specifically to include sports I liked, but I don't remember them.

Soccer? Sport
Figure skating? Not a sport. Or at least it wasn't until the whole Nancy Kerrigan thing.

If a horse played chess, would it be considered an athlete?

[QUOTE=sthoemke;2207063]If a horse played chess, would it be considered an athlete?[

Is Air Bud an athlete?

I would not consider it a sport.

Question; Does anyone know if there was ever a card issued of a chess player named Anatoly Lein? Don't think he was very famous. I worked with his wife in the early 1980's. I know they both passed away about a week apart some 4 years ago.

No cards on Ebay.

Mike

Chess cards?
 

First, I am a long time chess player and amateur follower of chess. I also
own a handful of cool chess cards. Is chess a sport? NO. It's a skill- a heck of
a skill, but a skill. Want to make a golfer mad? Tell them it's not a sport (which
it isn't). Same for auto racing. GREAT skills, NOT sports though. Doesn't
devalue them either, just defines them. Blast away! Trent King

For the purposes of this section of the forum...I think it's safe to show off your chess cards here. ;)

I was once told that any competition in which you could drink beer while competing was not a sport.

How much beer you could consume and still compete might be considered a sport though for some.

Beer pong?