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is chess a game?

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IPlayChessAtTimes
We don’t know if chess is a game
Sightigh
Chess is a game, your welcome for clarifying lol
IPlayChessAtTimes
No it isn’t, it’s a sport.
BearWithFists
Are sports not also games?
BrokenRocketBoat
Ya?
SacrifycedStoat
Chess is a strategy game.
Sports take skill, games take luck or strategy
IPlayChessAtTimes
No, chess takes skill
IPlayChessAtTimes
And luck and strategy.
IPlayChessAtTimes
It is an indoor sport, not outdoor.
bobby_max

Chess is most definitely not a sport. A sport requires two teams on a physical field at the same time, one on offense, the other on defense. Chess is a game. A very complicated game, but a game.

checkmated0001

Archery is a sport, so is track and field and swimming. None of those require one team on offense and one on defense. Neither do they require exactly two teams, nor are the races (for track/cross country/swimming) always held at the same time. Strategy and skill tend to correspond with each other. You can just Google the answer to your question instead of asking it on a forum, but yes it is a game. I think that's everything.

checkmated0001

A sport is competitive, a game is recreational, so chess could be classified as either.

IPlayChessAtTimes
Yeah, but is chess a game or sport?
checkmated0001

See comment #12