{"id":8050,"date":"2014-04-02T05:16:05","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T05:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/04\/02\/ten-years-ago-on-keiths-blog-a-letter-on-chess\/"},"modified":"2014-04-02T05:16:05","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T05:16:05","slug":"ten-years-ago-on-keiths-blog-a-letter-on-chess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/04\/02\/ten-years-ago-on-keiths-blog-a-letter-on-chess\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Years Ago on Keith’s Blog: A Letter on Chess"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just now happened to click on one<\/a> of Keith Burgess-Jackson's many Ten Years Ago in This Blog<\/em> links, having no idea what was on the other end of it, when I pulled up the following:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dear Keith,<\/span><\/p>\n

In your post<\/a> of 3\/31\/04 1:22:05 PM, you classify chess as an intellectual contest rather than as a sport, which is a physical contest. You seem to be saying that chess (and checkers) are intellectual contests with no physical, hence no sport, dimension. If this is what you are saying, then I disagree.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tournament chess, which, like all serious chess, is played with clocks, is extremely demanding physically as well as mentally. Suppose the primary time control is 40 moves in 2 hours, the secondary control is 20 moves in 1 hour, and the tertiary control is 1 hour sudden death. Such a contest could last 8 hours with no adjournment! But even if a game lasts 3-4 hours, the physical demands become considerable. To play well, one must be physically fit and keep oneself supplied with nutrients during the game. Physical training is an essential part of the training regimen for the top players.<\/span><\/p>\n

So I would say that chess counts as a sport. The Dutch employ the term, Denksport.<\/em> Besides the sport aspect, it is easily arguable that chess has aspects of an art and a science.<\/span><\/p>\n

There can be no doubt about it: Chess is the game of kings, and the king of games!<\/span><\/p>\n

Regards,<\/span>
Bill Vallicella<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I just now happened to click on one of Keith Burgess-Jackson's many Ten Years Ago in This Blog links, having no idea what was on the other end of it, when I pulled up the following: Dear Keith, In your post of 3\/31\/04 1:22:05 PM, you classify chess as an intellectual contest rather than as … Continue reading “Ten Years Ago on Keith’s Blog: A Letter on Chess”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging","category-chess"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}