Any chess players on here?

[Marchrider]

As a young lad (junior school) I represented my town at the Liverpool chess Congress and won a prize of some sort.
As I got older I started playing lads who spent forever planning moves. That bored me so much I gave up playing.
I still have my chess set from the 50s.

that ruins the game

I got obsessed with online chess a few years backand I think my favourite type of game was something like 15 minutes per side + 30 seconds a move - it becomes very intense playing like that, and if the other person starts taking too long, they will have to rush and will make mistakes - I always need others to make mistakes for me to win. I don't think I ever win through deep tactics etc
think my rating was about 1850 ? and that would of been chess.com 16 years ago

I was floor bound with a nasty back injury for 6 months and played all day at all times of the day, my rating would go up as I crossed America and Aus, Aussies were always easy to beat, then Russia would start to wake up and come on line, and my rating would tumble.

 

[Jenkins]

What if the players fell out and it ended up in a fight, would it then be a sport ?

Chess Boxing

 

[Smokin Joe]

I often play a bot on chess.com.

I played a few games with the lads at work a year ago but I get so effing serious about it I had to stop.

I'm like that with all sports or games, I just cannot play for fun. Mrs SJ decided to come down the snooker club with me about thirty years ago as she had played a bit on a small table when she was younger. On a good day she could pot three balls in succession and used to get annoyed when I made a forty break and then deliberately snookered her.

I can't help it, When the nephews and nieces were young I've had them in tears playing a family game of Monopoly at Christmas.

 

[Chromatic]

Chess Boxing

That’s just what I thought of when I read @Dave7’s post.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Chess Boxing

Just a practical question - do they take the gloves off for the chess round? I've never played chess, nor have I boxed, but I imagine that moving the pieces while wearing boxing gloves would be tricky.

 

[Profpointy]

What if the players fell out and it ended up in a fight, would it then be a sport ?

There is such a combination

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_boxing

 

[classic33]

I did consider posting there.

Is chess a sport? Discuss .

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has labeled chess as a sport.