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01-20-2018, 04:58 PM
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OT: is chess a sport?
I think not, but then again Sports Illustrated put Bobby Fischer on its cover, and I have seen chess players included in multi-sport sets. PS since this is a card forum, here are some chess cards, including a Fischer and a Karpov from mutli-sport sets.
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01-20-2018, 05:02 PM
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Agreed, not a sport. But it's a game where you need to be a genius to compete with the likes of Fischer.
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01-20-2018, 05:37 PM
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Wonderful game, but no, I wouldn't consider it a sport. Certainly it's physically demanding at the highest levels, but that's true of pretty much everything.
Interesting bit of trivia: Brennan's restaurant in the French Quarter is located on the site of what was Paul Morphy's home. Morphy was Bobby Fisher's choice for greatest chess player ever.
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01-20-2018, 05:38 PM
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Not a sport, its a game...beautiful game at that.
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01-20-2018, 05:47 PM
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I was just playing out some games from the current 2018 Tata Steel Chess Tournament before I read this post. Incredibly complicated and beautiful game, but probably not a sport. BTW, part of a world class chess player's regimen to prepare for a tournament is to get into top physical shape, as many games last four or five hours and demand great stamina. But I still feel it is a game.
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02-01-2018, 05:40 AM
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02-01-2018, 09:59 AM
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Back when I was in my early twenties, I used to compete in chess tournaments. I was never at the Bobby Fisher level, but I got to the level where I played some of the guys who did play Fisher.
These were TOUGH, grueling, mentally exhausting matches. You had to concentrate for HOURS. Maybe it is not a sport, but I sure have plenty of respect for those guys that still do it.
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