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Originally Posted by thehurd03
3. You can have John Doe walk off the street, and learn Chess and all the good techniques in one hour
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Wait, what?
You can teach me ALL the good techniques of chess in one hour? Really?
Chess takes YEARS of training to even get close to good. Most current masters (not even the grandmaster level; as low as 2200 USCF rating) have been playing since their early childhood and studying with grandmasters to get to a good level, and most people rated 1800 or above play for at least a couple of hours a day.
But I agree with the general idea here; chess is mental, not physical, and so is
FIRST; not a sport.