Originally posted by Mephisto2ah but punctuation has rules too ... and your sentence is still understandable despite breaking them ... so perhaps chess can't be defined by rules after all?
By it's rules.
anyhoo chess is a game I think. It's about winning and losing.
http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.com/2007/03/what-is-chess.html
Follow the link above for a bunch of quotes from better known people than myself
Heh. It's synthesis of various disciplines.
Art + intellect + sport + game + geometry + bla + bla + bla = chess.
Therefore I came with the conclusion = I would define chess as chess. It is art but it is not music, it's not painting nor monumental architectal masterpiece, it is not literar masterpiece, it is not movie, it is not sculpture. It's CHESS !! π
Chess, chess, chess, of chess, too much of chess π I can not stand that much of chess anymore, please, a little break. Chess chess chess π΅
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