Is Chess A Sport?

Ever heard of a 2.5 hour drive up to the mountains?
We kinda got world famous mountains in CA

Pretty clear consensus here

Though I am surprised that many people voted yes

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Someone explain to me how chess is sport.

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Right?
I’d like to know. Also not some lame excuse like using your brain

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Here’s the definition of sport. I don’t see any physical activity in chess, thus not classifying as a sport.

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Exactly. Nugget doesn’t seem to understand that.

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Along with the others that voted Yes

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For me chess is an e-sport that isn’t electronic

That makes so much less sense

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Wikipedia says chess falls into this

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That’s like saying Driving is flying without the flying part

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Mind sport isn’t a SPORT SPORT

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The question says sport, not physical sport, thus chess IS a sport, just not a physical sport

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Ok
Everything is a flipping mind sport
Day dreaming, watching TV, reading, math, etc
So chess isn’t special

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these don’t have competition…

in chess there is, you vs your opponent

e-sports aren’t sports.

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It has sports in the name, thus sports

Neither are MiNd SpOrTs

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The people that say yes to this probably also classifies video games as a sport

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That makes no sense.

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