Chess in Halacha
From Halachipedia
The ancient of chess was known to the great rabbis.....
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Chess and Productive Activities
- Some rabbis felt that chess is a vane activity and a waste of time and therefore shouldn't be engaged in even during the week. However, most poskim hold that it is permissible and consider it a game of intellect.<ref[1]
Chess on Shabbat
Sources
- ↑ Mishna Brurah...