Chess in Halacha
From Halachipedia
The ancient game of chess was known to the great rabbis of the Middle Ages and some even engaged in the sport.
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Chess and Productive Activities
- Some rabbis felt that chess is a vain activity and a waste of time[1] 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.[2]
Chess on Shabbat
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- Shoel bshlomo is matir...
