In a message dated 12-18-97, Dave Neuman said to Victor Ng:
->        Would you consider chess a sport? My brother thinks it is a
->sport but I disagree with him.
DN>If a computer can beat the world's best at it, it's not a sport :)
DN>Chess is a game.
I disagree with your logic.  Machines can beat the best runner in a race, 
oes
that mean racing is not sport?
But let me continue from your conclusion (skipping the reasoning for now)...
Let me pick a competition which has been part of the Modern Olympics from the
beginning - why is (or is not) shooting a sport?  What qualities does a
competition have to have to be a sport?
Howard Brazee, Lakewood CO - brazee@compuserve.com
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