The Fury on 23 May 2016
| Uabit said: Chess is a sport, so eSports are too. They require a lot of mental dedication and focus. |
Chess is recognised as a sport because of certain criteria by the IOC. Some of these being that it was one singular governing body which regulates things. eSports does not and therefore is disorganised in certain areas. Chess is a single game, while eSports is 30 games wanting to be considered a single 'sport'. You cannot apply the same rules to say League of Legends as you can Street Fighter. In other words, each computer game which is to be considered a 'sport' should be considered individually. Have it's own governing body and have rules which the IOC might recognise.
Also the exertion of a 4 hour + Chess game has been mentioned as being more intense than a football game. A few 10 minute CoD matches do not compare.
Hmm, pie.
