[Fresh Wind]

Chess is a sport? That’s news to me.

[brucedickinson]

They make a streamlined "sports hijab" for evil whores on the go.

[Larry Lucido]

Chess is a sport? That’s news to me.

It's a biathlon event. You ski downhill, then you make a move.

[stylin19a]

looks like it might become a contact sport...

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I believe it fits quite well within definition 1.a . I think I can spot you a rook, any time you’re interested.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sport

Full Definition of sport
1
a : a source of diversion : recreation
b : sexual play
c (1) : physical activity engaged in for pleasure (2) : a particular activity (as an athletic game) so engaged in
2
a : pleasantry, jest
b : often mean-spirited jesting : mockery, derision
3
a : something tossed or driven about in or as if in play
b : laughingstock
4
a : sportsman
b : a person considered with respect to living up to the ideals of sportsmanship < a good sport> < a poor sport>
c : a companionable person
5
: an individual exhibiting a sudden deviation from type beyond the normal limits of individual variation usually as a result of mutation especially of somatic tissue

[battousai]

Good point, Chess actually requires having some intelligence...