Why is Chess an event in SEA Games 2022? What's so sporty about it?

[Sideswipe]

sport event means an athletic physical power activity. sex would be more suited as a sport event than chess.

 

[tanwahtiu]

https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/sea-games-two-silvers-for-singapore-in-rapid-chess

Song leh..... Asian got mental sport.... dump Westerners bs...

 

[tanwahtiu]

Thanks to the PAP, Singapore has won gold at chinks' chess.

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HANOI: Singapore's Alvin Woo clinched a historic gold medal for Singapore on Friday (May 20) as he won the xiangqi (Chinese chess) men's standard singles event.

This is Singapore's first gold in the sport and the first time xiangqi has featured at the Games.

Woo, who is Singapore's eight-time national xiangqi champion, beat Cambodia's Hok Kung in round 7 of the event to confirm his gold.

He did not lose a game in the seven rounds of the competition.

Singapore's Ngo Lan Huong also clinched bronze in the women's standard singles event on Friday.

Earlier in the Games, Woo and Low Yi Hao also clinched a bronze medal in the rapid team event after Singapore beat Thailand 2-0.

Speaking to CNA, Woo said he hopes his win will help to raise the profile of xiangqi in Singapore and encourage more people to pick it up.

"I would say it’s not totally unexpected and I’m very happy that I did get gold, especially when it’s the first time Xiangqi is being featured in the Games," he added.

"So it plays a very special meaning in my heart."

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/xiangqi-sea-games-singapore-alvin-woo-historic-gold-2695191

Wait for my strategy method when setup.... I will clear all opponent seeds until left with the king and 2 guards 士 only on the board....

and if possible I will have keep most of my seeds intact... 这是我的厉害....

I kept winning this way within 15 minutes per game in the app game. Can repeatedly win the computer app.... cool.

 

[laksaboy]

Some youths are very good at Chinese chess. They are the ones who go to CCs to challenge old farts, win games, and the very next day the old farts would commit suicide out of shame and embarrassment.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Don't chess have its own professional competition organisation? So why is it even in a physical sports event?

 

[JohnTan]

Wait for my strategy method when setup.... I will clear all opponent seeds until left with the king and 2 guards 士 only on the board....

and if possible I will have keep most of my seeds intact... 这是我的厉害....

I kept winning this way within 15 minutes per game in the app game. Can repeatedly win the computer app.... cool.

What the fuck are you talking about?

I prefer the high SES Japanese game of 'Go'..

 

[Rogue Trader]

Mahjong should be an Olympic sport!

 

[JohnTan]

Mahjong should be an Olympic sport!

It could, if enough people around the world played that chink game. That's how Nippon sports like Judo made it to the Olympics.

 

[tanwahtiu]

What the fuck are you talking about?

I prefer the high SES Japanese game of 'Go'..

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Now can tell you are Low ses and low IQ motherfucker...

 

[Rogue Trader]

It could, if enough people around the world played that chink game. That's how Nippon sports like Judo made it to the Olympics.

It is quite a popular game in New York city apparently. Old angmor ladies play it with their friends.

I think the first step is to standardise the rules. Each country seem to have different mahjong rules

 

[Rogue Trader]

What the fuck are you talking about?

I prefer the high SES Japanese game of 'Go'..

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围棋 is Chinese lah