->->        Would you consider chess a sport? My brother thinks it is
->->sport but I disagree with him.
->
->DN>If a computer can beat the world's best at it, it's not a sport :
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->DN>Chess is a game.
->
->I disagree with your logic.  Machines can beat the best runner in a
->race, does that mean racing is not sport?
DN>Nothing wrong with my logic.  Machines do not equal computers.
Computers are machines.  As are cars.
If you disqualify an event from being a sport on the sole criterion that a
computer can beat a person, then you should also disqualify an event from
being a sport because a car can beat a person.
Howard Brazee, Lakewood CO - brazee@compuserve.com
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