Should Chess Be Part Of The Olympics?

Chess was an exhibition sport at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.Additionally, an application for chess to be included as a sport at the 2020 games in Tokyo has been submitted. Chess is recognized as a sport by the International Olympic Committee. So, should chess be part of future Olymipcs?

Uhhh, sorry that the news has not reached you yet. But we lost once again. Chess will not be a part of the 2020 olympics. Apparently we lost to non other than “break dancing”, or some other ridiculous dancing shindig. No, I’m not joking. You can find out all about it if you google it. 

But to answer your question: Yes, Chess should be accepted as an Olympic sport. It’s ridiculous that one of the most, if not THE most important competition of the mind is considered as lesser than ping-pong. Seriously. 

A little history of Ping-Pong... In the 1880's Jacques games company released the first sets and named it 'Gossima'. This was a failure. They returned to the drawing board and several years later re-launched the sets as 'ping-pong', due to the 'ping' of the ball on the table and the 'pong' of the ball on the bat (the bat's were made from the same material as drums). They trademarked this name in 1901 and so other manufacturers had to use a different name. Slazenger went with 'whiff-whaff'. However, 'table-tennis' is the name that stuck. A worthy Olympic event I think, top level table tennis is incredible. As for chess I'm not sure. For me the Olympics are diluted with a lot of stuff that's there for the sake of it - IMO any event included in the Olympics should have winning the Olympic gold as the pinnacle of achievement in whatever it is. Thus football, tennis and several others are pointless to include for me. I'm not sure chess makes the grade under my criteria as the world championship would still be the higher prize. 

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Why is golf in the Olympics ( according to https://www.olympic.org/sports the official website) but not chess?! Seriously, chess has more action than golf, especially if an opponent gets triggered. Also, isn't golf usually the more docile sport, unless you are doing it from a very far distance. Training the mind is just as, if not more, important than training the body. But that's just my opinion. 

is it also a reason of fan- following ?

The olympics involve some kind of precise movement, display of endurance and/or athleticism. Chess is none of these .

Golf involves very precise swings. You have to calculate wind, spin, the terrain and how the ball will bounce when it lands. It's complex, and you have to finely tune your golf swing to manage all of these factors. Its also like sport shooting. You have to have very good hand-eye coordination to shoot five targets in a row, under a certain time.

Arguably break dancing, or whatever it is that beat chess, would have similar qualities. I don't anticipate that chess would ever be in the olympics based on these definitions, but if its just a popularity contest, I imagine it'll be possible one day.

Chess boxing seems weird. People who want to watch chess care about the intellectual qualities of the game. To suddenly start punching people's lights out, giving them brain damage in the process, is a very weird and seemingly contradictory combination.

Does anyone here seriously wish that Magnus Carlsen, in the next world championship match, take out a pair of boxing gloves and start beating his opponent to death? I mean yes, its funny to imagine, but seriously?

No, the Olympics is for athletics. But then again theres already so much inappropriate stuff in the Olympics 

If curling is an Olympic sport then chess should definitely be an Olympic sport as well.

Perhaps if players vigorously sweep the board whilst moving chess could be accepted. 

YES. Chess is a sport.

If chess isn't a sport then there is no way that "artistic swimming" is a sport. I personally think that watching two people play a round of chess (or chess boxing) is much more exciting than artistic swimming (no offense to artistic swimmers). Like, would you rather watch a test of wits, a war miniaturized, death and battle with strategy, where ordinary people are army sergeants, or people sllllooowwwllllyyy swimming around in a circle? Of course, to each their own, but I still think chess should be a sport.

chess came from 🇮🇳

Everyone knows chess came from India. This is one of many reasons I like the Indian people. After all let's give credit where credit is due.