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Should Chess Be Part Of The Olympics?
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Mar 30, 2020
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#23
I didn't know that Senior and you raise a very good point. Sports are not limited to events of pure physical strength.
Mar 30, 2020
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#24
chess is also a physical activity. not only that brain is a part of the body, I remember the time when I participated in live matches, and very often that I lost weight of 2or 3 pounds during a match, similar to when I go running.
Strangemover wrote:
Perhaps if players vigorously sweep the board whilst moving chess could be accepted.
i agree
See tjhis. It might come in 2024 in Paris!!!
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/2024-paris-olympics
Apr 5, 2020
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#29
Probably be 2025, given the current fiasco. But rapid Chess would be great for Olympics. And the team section in particular. Millions of people would take up the sport.
Apr 6, 2020
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#30
I agree with the lion. If people are exposed to chess as an Olympic sport then millions of people would at the very least look into learning the game.
Yes
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?
dogmushroom_23 wrote:
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?
Good Heavens no.
May 3, 2024
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#39
no, chess is not a sport, playing a board game should never be considered as a sport, you can leave all your mental gymnastics about chess players needing to be fit etc, but the truth is, none of the top chess players are fit, and none of the board games should ever be consideres a sport or an olympic event
Leetsak wrote:
no, chess is not a sport, playing a board game should never be considered as a sport, you can leave all your mental gymnastics about chess players needing to be fit etc, but the truth is, none of the top chess players are fit, and none of the board games should ever be consideres a sport or an olympic event
Chess is only a sport if all the pieces are carved pieces of stone weighing 220lbs. (About 100kg)
Sure. Have the Olympiad in conjunction with the Summer and Winter games. No problem.