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Re: Sport or not?

Wiktionary:
sport (countable and uncountable; plural sports)

1. (countable) Any athletic activity that uses physical skills, often competitive.

Oxford English Dictionary Online:
sport

• noun 1 an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others

Sorry, but by definition, not a sport. That's okay. We capture the best of sports and leave out the parts that aren't as good/useful/important.

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Originally Posted by thehurd03 View Post
Chess is considered a Game and not a Sport, it is because,
1. It involves no more physical exertion than lifting a finger.
2. It is a competition for the mind.
3. You can have John Doe walk off the street, and learn Chess and all the good techniques in one hour
If you could teach all of chess in one hour, how come the best computers can be beaten by people with a lifetime of training? The truth is, Chess requires almost as much training as baseball.

A little off topic, but I couldn't let that go unchallenged.
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