Why chess is a sport?

Question

Hello, I´m spanish but I can speak english

This is my cuestion:

Why the chess is a sport?

Answer 1

For some people chess is considered a sport. I personally believe it is because there are large competitons all around the world. Also, people study other people's games to improve their own. So Chess is a sport.

Answer 2

well if you look in a dictionary it normally says that the definition of sport is an activity which requires skill or physical strength and chess requires skill so this is why it probably is considered a sport. it also helps improve your brain so this may also be the reason. hope this helps :)

Answer 3

Probly because u have to think...almost  all sports  u see now has physical to it but chess is just require u 2 thinks just to destroy ur opponet that way.

Answer 4

...its mental agility...

Answer 5

Same reason darts and snooker is I guess!

Answer 6

I think a game becomes a sport when there is a prize

Answer 7

i dunno i guess its a mental sport

Answer 8

if chess is a sport then so is tapping answers to random questions!

Answer 9

first maybe it is best to understand what is sport.

anything that got to do with physical activity and is governed by a set of rules or customs it become sport, don't you think :D.

try to read "sport" in wikipedia maybe it will help

Answer 10

It is my firm belief that anything you can do while holding a beer is an activity, not a sport.  Chess clearly falls into the catagory of activity rather than sport.  Bear wrestling on the other hand...

Answer 11

Its not a sport....its a "WAR OF THE MINDS"

Answer 12

You need to realize what a sport is in order to know why Chess is a sport. Sport is any sort of activity that is governed by a set of rules and players are engaged in it competitively. Sports commonly refer to physical activities, but the term is also used to include activities such as mind sports, such as in the case of Chess.

Answer 13

because we think when playing it

Answer 14

You mean as opposed to figure skating or synchronized swimming?