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.

Competition? Yes.
Sports? No.
That's why it's well known as eSports or cybersports, because it isn't just a sports.

Define athlete then.

An athlete (American and British English) or sportsman (British English) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involvephysical strength, speed and/or endurance.

Tell me that you do not need physical speed and endurance as a pro gamer. Not to mention great hand eye coordination and skill.

The things you mentioned aren't sports because of RNG. Things heavily reliant on RNG are not and should not be sports. That's why Hearthstone is not a sport but Starcraft and CS is.

I'd say "just video gaming", though I suppose it's the same category of sports as say chess is.

No. It's just video games.

One area that can be improved, by training/excersising. Is the speed you can button tap. You can pratice aiming, for FPS games.

What about speed runs? Completing a long game within a certain time? I wanted to clear the 100 Battle Tower in Pokemon Colesuem. I played the game for 14 hours non stop. To clear it in one day. That's edurance. I'd classfy it like Chess, a mind sport. Because If I wanted to complete a Pokedex within, say 100 hours. I'd have to know the games story mode. Inside and out. And how fast I can use older hardware/other games, that I need to transfer Pokemon like crazy. Without cheating.

I could actually do this. I own all the GB DS system hardware. And all the games that can link across, over the years. It take planning and pratice. To hit a certain time peroid. Just like a sport. What about the blind guy. Who cleared Zelda OOT? That took a lot of pratice. Would people go nuts, if say, the olymipics added in eating contests?

Not going to argue with anyone here as my interest for the topic is little to none besides this passing comment. But I consider it a type of sport. Obviously not the outdoors/physical sports but more align the lines of chess. I'm not saying it should be put in the same category as chess either, I'm just pointing put the variations that exist within the word itself. I believe the term can refer to video games as well. I think others here may have a more narrow definition on what they consider sports

I've been playing video games since I was 5 years old with people twice my age at that time. So no, I really do not consider it a sport, and I've been playing sports like baseball, football, Cricket, Street hockey around that age too. There is a difference.

Is chess a true sport or just a non-electronic game?