Hi is chess a game of war

Nope, War is a card game.

i see chess as a struggle for balance between two sides light and dark... like looking at a yin yang symbol...

dang that's deep, I just see a board game with pieces and squares

For me, intense battle simulation

@PonyoTW My #2 post was a joke. Your answer is in the title of the thread if you put a small punctuation mark in it.

So you can understand if I rewrite the title like this: Hi is chess, a game of war.
Hi = Chess = A game of war.

#1 Yes, No.

Yes, chess is a game that resembles a war very much, because there are many victims (all pieces that are taken). They die for their King or in order to checkmate the enemy King. The longer the war endures, the more pieces die.