Chess should be in the next Olympics.

I agree with this idea

Your point on a lot of physical action is not correct. Chess still has its physical aspect, not just the movements, but also sweating and dealing with stress and exhaustion in the toughest games, and the, "You can play chess by just calling out the moves", is not how it is played by the overwhelming majority. When "can" is just a rounding error, and not the normal or main way the game is played, it is less relevant as a point. Olympic chess tournaments would be like normal chess tournaments, and the body is part of that. We move the pieces or make the clicks, and it involves both the mind and the body whilst also being a game where pride and glory is on the line.

It should be in, but darts will come first.

No, it shouldn't. Chess does not involve any physical action, unlike every other sport in the olympics.

I agree with knight on this one, but chess in the olympics come on. Who is going to notice chess as a viable opportunity for the olympics.

I want rock, paper, scissors as an Olympic sport too 

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Same, I can read people’s minds..

The Japanese should have done it. Roshambo is big in Japan.

Plus, don't let your emotions through the keyboard like that. "And seeing as your rating" doesn't mean crap, you were there once. How about you act like a civil 2000? Thanks

Hours and hours of OTB chess is indeed gruelling. Some days it seems epee fencing was less tiring (you get a break after every good stab).

Well, that escalated quickly.

Chess involves a great amount of mental skill. However, it doesn't seem to fit in with the others. It is primarily a mental game, not a physical game. With shooting, however, you need to have great aim. Chess should be in an Olympics-like event with other strategy games, however. Not to mention, chess is not spectator friendly to the vast majority of people. 

As to the point about my rating, you do realize there are people in this thread who have a rating less than half of mine, right? There is no need to diss me for having a bad rating. I just play chess on this site as a hobby.

If I had your attitude, I would say something like "Your status is 'Lichess >>>>> chess.com', so why do you bother even coming to this site??".

agreed

chess is not a physically intensive game so it doesn't belong in the olympics

i get that you need a lot of endurance to play chess, but you don't need ANY physical skill

shooting requires a lot of hand eye coordination as you are physically aiming at an object. Chess requires ZERO physical skill. "Skill" means your ability to get better results solely due to something physical or some physical skill. In shooting if you are aiming you are using your physical ability of hand eye coordination and improving your scores. In chess you don't need any physical "skill" which will effect your scores

The Olympics needs chess and chess needs the Olympics. Lifelong olympic fan here.

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Bullet and blitz requires a lot of physical conditioning to play.

not really, your physical skill does not effect the outcome of blitz. Chess is not a physical game simply because no physical skill effects the game's flow

     Were chess in the Olympics it would be another minor sideline with no TV time. It just doesn't have enough action to appeal to most viewers, and TV networks provide most of the $$$ that put on the games.

     Better to just keep the chess Olympiad separate so there is less distraction from the actual games.