PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — By the time the 23rd Olympic Winter Games get around to their Opening Ceremony on Friday, hundreds of athletes will already have been in action for a day and a half, starting Wednesday night with a new version of the ice chess otherwise known as curling.
Chess as a demonstration sport in Pyeongchang 2018 ?
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MVL on his website (http://www.mvlchess.com/2018/02/13/maxime-vous-repond/) : "It was announced in July 2015 that chess would be demonstration sport at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games, in February 2018. Have you been contacted to participate?
I vaguely remember reading in 2015 that FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov had agreed with the Korean Olympic Committee that chess be a demonstration sport in 2018. But to my knowledge, it is not Nothing has happened in the meantime and, as the Winter Games have already started, there are obviously no failures in the program. And no other discipline would justify my presence in South Korea!"
In 2015, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov visited South Korea and said the Head of the Organizing Committee of the Winter Olympic Games 2018 invited FIDE to participate in the Games as a demonstration sport.
http://www.chessdom.com/chess-makes-a-step-towards-inclusion-in-olympic-games/
http://kirsan.today/en/interview/item/111-kirsan-ilyumzhinov-the-world-s-strongest-chess-players-will-play-at-the-2018-winter-olympics.html
The Olympic Games have started and no news about chess ! Has it been canceled ?