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Originally posted by Jigtie…Chess is more... dignified, shall we say...…
[b]Sport (source: Webster's): Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision.
No, it seems to me that sport is when people engage in various
jesture-like activities (like football for instance) for pay, at the amusement
of others. Chess is more... dignified, shall we say.[/b]
I agree. So, if a chess tournament become like a football match with all those lager-drinking chess-hooligans barging in to constantly shout their support for “their side” (the players they support) and throw glass bottles and swearing and do finger gestures to the chess fans of the “other side” and then riot with mindless violence against the chess fans of the other side if their side looses, and if players fowl by punching/kicking their opponent and then argue the toss at the referee when the referee disqualifies them, then, and only then, will chess be undignified enough to be a true “sport” (joke).
Originally posted by Andrew HamiltonI know a lot of chess players that are p**sheads, does that count
[b]…Chess is more... dignified, shall we say...…
I agree. So, if a chess tournament become like a football match with all those lager-drinking chess-hooligans barging in to constantly shout their support for “their side” (the players they support) and throw glass bottles and swearing and do finger gestures to the chess fans of the “other side” ...[text shortened]... alifies them, then, and only then, will chess be undignified enough to be a true “sport” (joke).[/b]
