Recognition for Chess in Scotland

[Andrew McHarg]

Andrew you are kidding yourself when you say " Steve, the fifth hour of playing Chess doesn't make me any more physically tired than the first hour did. I am mentally more tired by the fifth hour, but that's a mental stamina issue rather than a physical stamina one."
They are both part of the equation

I disagree. I could get up after a six hour game of Chess and then run a half marathon. I couldn't - however - play another six hour game of Chess (at least not well). If requiring mental stamina but not physical stamina qualifies Chess as a sport, then almost everything which requires you to concentrate for more than half an hour or so could be a sport. What a sporty country we are! =D