Should chess, checkers, poker, speed eating be considered sports?

Should chess, checkers, poker, speed eating be considered sports?

[Hwan Cho] This article references to Hossein Ensan, a professional poker player, and argues that chess should be considered a sport because it requires intellectual contest between the two players.

2019 World Series of Poker winner, Hossein Ensan. It’s laughable hearing people say chess is not a sport. They think calling it a sport would be to give it a status it does not deserve. I’d like to speak to the Master of Sports (or whoever makes these decisions). […]

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