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Should Chess be An Olympic Event?
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Feb 21, 2014
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I love this pipe dream some people have about chess getting into the olympics.
Chess is not a sport it is a game
No. Chess is not an athletic event.
The Olympic Committee designated chess as a sport and in 1924 there was an effort to get chess into the Olympics but they could not do it because the big chess guys are professionals, end of story. That was what gave birth to the Chess olympiads.
(I cheated and googled it, look up the wiki page, Chess Olympiads)
chess being globally acclaimed it would behoove the olympic committee and the world chess federation to include the game of kings as an olympic event. the possibilities are awesome. a global olympic champion representing his country. it would also help to further promulgate the game of chess itself. Also it would behoove us to have the tournament during the winter olympics since chess is an indoor game and generally thinking is facilitated in cooler weather.