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Will chess ever be part of the real olympics?
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I wish it would be, but I don't think it is going to happen.
Tiddlywinks is ahead in line.
paulgottlieb wrote:
The Chess Olypics have a rich tradition of their own. Why would we want to get involved with a buch of jocks running around in their underwear?
So that we can watch women's beach volleyball while we wait for our opponent to move?
Chess - no. Chess boxing - yes.
It's only fitting with London being the CB hub.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_boxing
Chess is The Game of Kings. I suppose that that (yes...two thats) should suffice.
There just isn't enough to go around for the hoi polloi.
http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/2011/the-game-of-kings-medieval-ivory-chessmen-from-the-isle-of-lewis
That would be completely ridiculous! :)
If including chess in the olympics would mean the end of the chess olympiads it would be bad for chess imo , since the olympics is every 4 years and the chess olympiad is every two years .
No, it just doesn't belong there.
Since chess is not a "real" sport it cant be a part of a real Olympics so...
No, chess is not a sport that would fit the Olympics which is about physical skill - whether it be speed, strength, precision or accuracy. Chess is about mental prowess, and hence does not fit into the Olympics.
Jul 28, 2012
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I wish...Have been following the negotiations closely for years, but it looks like we are not even close to success.
Jul 28, 2012
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Absent the physicality of chess as a sport it may never qualify for the Olympic Games.
Should ever there be created a category to include mental gymnastics and such, chess will no doubt then be allowed into the games.
Hopefully not.
I admit that I got excited when I was flipping through the channels on our TV and one of them was listed as "XXX Olympic Games." Then it was a letdown when I realized this is the 30th Olympiad.
TomHoppo wrote:
No, chess is not a sport that would fit the Olympics which is about physical skill - whether it be speed, strength, precision or accuracy. Chess is about mental prowess, and hence does not fit into the Olympics.
Chess does require precision and accuracy, and seems to fit into the Olympics as well as poetry and painting did.
N2UHC wrote:
I admit that I got excited when I was flipping through the channels on our TV and one of them was listed as "XXX Olympic Games." Then it was a letdown when I realized this is the 30th Olympiad.
One of the best comments ive ever noticed in this forum...good job!
To become Olympic, youll first have to be some kind of 'demonstration sport'. But only some of those demonstrationsports eventually make it to Olympic sports. The problem is... for the next couple games they have already chosen the demonstration sports, so any sport asking to become one now can only be added from 2020+ and even then it may not become Olympic...
Some facebookpeople tried to make Pool, aka pocket billiards, a demonstrationsport but immediatly gave up on this when they heard from someone inside *oooooh* that it will be impossible in the next decade.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonstration_sport
Players from every country sitting down to have a game.Winners move on.