Deeper joy

Who said that chess is not a spectator sport?

In fact, no sports – other than chess—can mightily enslave the hearts and minds of fans who thread between the thin line of reason and insanity just to ecstatically feel the immeasurable joy deep inside that only chess can bring.

Consider these:

- sometimes spending up to roughly seven hours just to finish watching a single game
- depriving themselves of enough rest at night just to talk about every move made over the board
- waiting for up to 30 minutes for a single move (what a patience!)

You may already call it a fanaticism. It’s seems something extreme. Perhaps even more than a passion.

If I remember it right, the reigning FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov termed chess a new religion (which frightened a good friend of mine).

If, for instance, chess has become a new religion, are you ready to be called a Wesleyan (after the name of GM Wesley)?

Are chess players and spectators higher form of humans?