Chess: A Game or a Sport?

Which is it?

Originally posted by KneverKnight
Which is it?

Originally posted by skeeter
Neither. Chess is a philosophy. One either embraces it or discards it.

skeeter

Originally posted by bbarr
More like wrestling than an embrace, really.

Here are some significant quotes on the issue:

Chess is a fight.
Emanuel Lasker

Chess is a science.
Capablanca

Chess is an art.
Alekhine

Chess is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.
Chermann Chesse

Chess is a boojum you see.
Chewis Charroll

We shall move pieces. We shall hear our chesslings. We shall see the sky sparkling with pawnstars!
Chanton Chesskhov

in fiendship,
prad

Originally posted by pradtf
Here are some significant quotes on the issue:

Chess is a fight.
Emanuel Lasker

Chess is a science.
Capablanca

Chess is an art.
Alekhine

Chess is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.
Chermann Chesse

Chess is a boojum you see.
Chewis Charroll

We shall move pieces. We shall hear our chesslings. We shall see the sky sparkling with pawnstars!
Chanton Chesskhov

in fiendship,
prad

Chess is a pastime, like parchisi or miniature golf, tho not having the charm of the dice rattling in the cup, nor the stubby pencils they give you to keep score.

Originally posted by buddy2
... or miniature golf...

That has me wondering if anybody ever built a miniature golf course based on a chess theme. The course near me when I was a kid was based on dinosaurs. The final hole made you try to putt the ball into the dino jaw when it momentarily dropped into an open position.

The first sentence of my first chess book, given to me on my seventh birthday, The Principles of Chess by James Mason (not the actor, wiseasses!) sums it up best to me: "Chess is a process of thought conditioned and limited by the Institutes and Rules of the Game." I've yet to hear it said better.

Ah, yes, Mr. Mason of whom Lasker said, "the Celtic part of his brain heated up and he would leave the board at a critical stage and not return." Apparently the demon alcohol had a deleterious effect on his natural chess ability.

Originally posted by buddy2
Ah, yes, Mr. Mason of whom Lasker said, "the Celtic part of his brain heated up and he would leave the board at a critical stage and not return." Apparently the demon alcohol had a deleterious effect on his natural chess ability.

A form of insanity.

Originally posted by skeeter
Neither. Chess is a philosophy. One either embraces it or discards it.

skeeter

Originally posted by pradtf
Here are some significant quotes on the issue:

Chess is a fight.
Emanuel Lasker

Chess is a science.
Capablanca

Chess is an art.
Alekhine

Chess is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.
Chermann Chesse

Chess is a boojum you see.
Chewis Charroll

We shall move pieces. We shall hear our chesslings. We shall see the sky sparkling with pawnstars!
Chanton Chesskhov

in fiendship,
prad

it is a game.