Wednesday, February 25, 2004
will wants to know if chess is a sport.
it turns out this is a koan-like question. no one knows.sport>disportment>mutant.
a sport must have rules and a winner under the rules.
"that one looks prettier" doesn't count. One commentator says it must be a multiplayer contest, no bowling or archery, so the olympics are games,
need not be sports. whether chess counts (i think it does) depends on how much vigor is required for play. that is, some people insist sport contains a sweaty element, others might disagree. chess, a martial art and a game, has some sportlike attributes.
for a little exercise, construct a dialog in sports law 101, with the prof as socrates. i can't remember any chess playing at law school. odd.
it turns out this is a koan-like question. no one knows.sport>disportment>mutant.
a sport must have rules and a winner under the rules.
"that one looks prettier" doesn't count. One commentator says it must be a multiplayer contest, no bowling or archery, so the olympics are games,
need not be sports. whether chess counts (i think it does) depends on how much vigor is required for play. that is, some people insist sport contains a sweaty element, others might disagree. chess, a martial art and a game, has some sportlike attributes.
for a little exercise, construct a dialog in sports law 101, with the prof as socrates. i can't remember any chess playing at law school. odd.
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