Why is chess not at the olympics?

1. Chess does not involve physical exertion. (Please don't say a bunch of crap like "Chess players burn so many calories, expend so much energy while thinking", etc. Those are examples of mental exertion, not physical

2. Live chess is not entertaining to watch. Waiting for a player to make a move in classical chess takes a great quantity of time, even more so than waiting for a baseball player to stand up to bat (or changing sides after innings or whatever the complaint is about baseball being slow, there's many), which is generally described as one of the most boring aspects of any sport. Analyzing the games after they have completed can be "fun" if that's your kind of thing, but live, classical chess doesn't provide any sort of entertainment while the match actually occurs (for the vast majority of people, there are always outliers but I don't understand the thrill of watching people like Radjabov for multiple hours just to watch a Berlin draw)

1. Moving pieces

2. People find it entertaining

But a mental challenge is not a sport. A sport is a physical challenge. A game is a mental challenge. So a challenging game, that's both mental and physical, is a sport. 

For example, doing taxes is a mental challenge. Is that a sport that should be in the Olympics?

@KingCobra280 my original msg came out kind of wrong, so i edited it if u want to go back to it.

I think that go might be a sport, shooting is a sport, archery is a sport, there are many sports where no muscle is needed. 

archery needs muscle. 

Tristan-Gurjot214 I agree with you although archery definitely does recquire physical strength in some aspects of the game.

yes. true

1. The physical exertion required to move pieces that weigh 1 oz (.06 pounds) is extremely minimal, borderline nonexistent

2. if you say so

Since you haven't explained how sports can be played without using any muscles, then your claim about chess being a sport is not believable. It sounds like you are just making it up, and don't really believe it yourself. 

Chess doesn't requires physical skill. But you say it does because it's a sport. So explain that. If you can't, then we will have to assume you are either being deceptive or don't really believe it. 

Shooting also.

Sports require skill, not physical skill.

I'm beginning to think there is a special class of people who specialize in putting no thought into either what words are, or what they mean. 

Well if you have a hard time with the word skill, how about the word muscle. Do you know what a muscle is, what it does, and how it relates to body movement?

1. Even if it is extremely minimal, it still counts

2. Between 100 and 200 million have followed the match Anand – Carlsen 

I think it’s because it’s not a sports game. However, it is still a sports game for the brain.

I completely agree.

Look, I just pointed out that the definition says skill. “Physical exertion and skill.”

Yes. That is the distinction a few here do not understand. A competition, for fun using the brain is a game. Using your brain (and muscles) is a sport. 

There would be no point in having two separate words if everything is both. Chess is a mental competition, not a physical one. 

Okay. Chess is a mind sport. Finished.