Chess is a game.
Chess is a sport.
Chess is art.
These are the
views that most people have of
chess. All tend to agree that it is a
game, but many
players and
proponents tend to think it is more. Whether it is actually
sport or
art is subject to
debate amongst anyone who is interested in chess. Many of the great players
feel it is an art, that the mere title of "game" doesn't do it justice. They feel even sport doesn't fully do it justice. Although I'm no great player (although
I'm not all that bad), I think it is an art.
Players express themselves on the
board, just as an artist expresses him (or her) self through their
artform. Chess could be viewed also as a sport, although I'm not the one to argue that point. Maybe someone will write a
chess is a sport node and argue it there. Well, anyway you look at it,
chess is art.