O PROCESSO DE CONSTRUÇÃO TEÓRICO-METODOLÓGICA DE UM OBJETO DE PESQUISA EM SOCIOLOGIA DO ESPORTE – O CASO DO XADREZ

Abstract

In this article, we present some theoretical and methodological subsidies that were used by us to inventory the type of chess as an object of sociological research, more precisely, a subject of research in sociology of sport. In the first part of the text, we make some remarks on the constitution of chess as a subfield modern sport. In the second part, in turn, we aim to demonstrate some appreciation of fronts that can be opened to enhance the sociological mode from a historical and structural aspect of the chess world championships. Keywords: Sociology. History. Chess. Sporting Field.