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is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever.

[Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time. George Bernard Shaw

is a kind of drawing and a mechanical reality.

A game of chess is a visual and plastic thing, and if it isn't geometric in the static sense of the word, it is mechanical, since it moves. It's a drawing... it's a mechanical reality. Marcel Duchamp

is a social duet (two players in silent dialogue who always take each other into account in their play) surrounded by a soft-community, an open, welcoming space built on a shared commitment to the game.

Gary Alan Fine argues that chess is a social duet: two players in silent dialogue who always take each other into account in their play. Surrounding that one-on-one contest is a community life that can be nearly as dramatic and intense as the across-the-board confrontation. . . . At tournaments like that one, as well as in locales as diverse as collegiate matches and community chess clubs, players find themselves part of what Fine terms a 'soft community,' an open, welcoming space built on their shared commitment to the game. Within that community, chess players find both support and challenges, all amid a shared interest in and love of the long-standing traditions of the game, traditions that help chess players build a communal identity.

is a war game dependent on conflict and the occupation of territory.

Orozco has said that chess is a war game dependent on conflict and the occupation of territory.

is an art and not a spectator sport, and as such, it doesn't admit of anything like cheering.

You cannot say, 'Go! Go! Rah! Rah! Good move!' People want some emotion. Chess is an art and not a spectator sport. Garry Kasparov

is itself an art form replete with aesthetic features.

chess is itself an art form replete with aesthetic features (Humble 1993).

is the art of carrying out a longterm plan.

Kramnik has said that chess is the art of carrying out a longterm plan. Here he combines planning with a sharp eye for tactics!

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