06 Jul 00:37

John

Wait. Nick you aren't Russian right?

06 Jul 00:37

Mechanizoid

YES chess is a sport

06 Jul 00:37

Mechanizoid

you are bringing a computer game in this?

06 Jul 00:37

John

Chess is not a sport!

06 Jul 00:37

Mechanizoid

dude

06 Jul 00:37

John

Magic the fucking Gathering. It has strategy. It has tactics. But nobody calls it a sport!

06 Jul 00:37

Mechanizoid

John thinks chess is not a sport lol

06 Jul 00:36

DQ_Nick

whoa what did I miss

06 Jul 00:36

John

How so? Okay. How's about this...

06 Jul 00:36

Mechanizoid

and has for hundreds of years

06 Jul 00:36

Mechanizoid

Dude chess is fucking special man, it transcends all other board games

06 Jul 00:35

John

Then why do we have King James!

06 Jul 00:35

Mechanizoid

Basketball is not the sport of kings. XD

06 Jul 00:34

John

So what! Basketball only has one ball!

06 Jul 00:34

Mechanizoid

Seriously, you know how many possibilities there are for positions in chess? Literally millions. Checkers is a way simpler game.

06 Jul 00:34

Mechanizoid

And checkers has only one kind of piece?

06 Jul 00:34

Mechanizoid

Because chess combines strategy and tactics. Checkers is purely tactics.

06 Jul 00:33

John

Okay... why is chess a sport. And checkers a silly board game?

06 Jul 00:33

Mechanizoid

It's certainly a DIFFERENT sport, but that doesn't make it any less of a sport.

06 Jul 00:33

Mechanizoid

And I'm not the only one who thinks so by a long shot

06 Jul 00:33

Mechanizoid

I think that sport doesn't have to mean physical activities only

06 Jul 00:32

John

For training? No!

06 Jul 00:32

Mechanizoid

Try maintaining that level of mental force over seven hours

06 Jul 00:32

John

Do you picture chess players, wearing head bands running on a treadmill?

06 Jul 00:32

Mechanizoid

It's certainly physically demanding enough

06 Jul 00:32

John

Would you consider chess players as athletes?

06 Jul 00:31

Mechanizoid

Listen to these British guys explain why chess is a sport: http://londonchessconference.com/a-question-of-sport/

06 Jul 00:30

Mechanizoid

it's a sport for the most important muscle in our body, the brain!

06 Jul 00:30

Mechanizoid

No, Chess is a sport dude

06 Jul 00:30

Mechanizoid

http://img.memecdn.com/bear-cavalry_o_290990.jpg

06 Jul 00:30

Mechanizoid

Yeah you just picked a fight with the wrong guys

06 Jul 00:30

John

Alright. To all non Russians. Chess is not a sport.