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The Olympics take place at varying venues around the world every 4 years, well, when global pandemics don’t get involved, and encompass a wide range of sports with some being added and others removed over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chess is not an Olympic sport right now but the International Chess Foundation (FIDE) has launched a campaign for chess to be included in the 2024 games in Paris. There is often confusion between the Olympics and the Chess Olympiad which are different events.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I have another article answering whether chess is a sport<\/a> or not, to which I answer yes given the consideration the Olympic committee has given to chess for inclusion in future Olympic games events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chess<\/a> doesn’t have a deep and meaningful relationship with the Olympics, but FIDE is recognized by the IOC<\/a> (International Olympic Committee) and as such, Chess can be considered a sport [link]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chess has a little bit of history with the Olympic games because it was an exhibition sport at the 1924 Olympics held in Paris. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Because the inclusion into The Olympics proper didn’t happen, the first-ever unofficial chess Olympiad took place, also in Paris<\/p>\n\n\n\n In terms of the consideration of inclusion in Paris in 2024, Rapid chess and Blitz chess<\/a> would be the most likely to be included in the decision is made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The formats would be far more suited to a spectator sport than classic chess lasting potentially hours oper game. Although there is plenty of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another consideration would be to organize Chess as a team event at The Olympics much like the biennial chess Olympiad<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reason chess was not accepted as a sport at the 1924 games was trouble with distinguishing between amateur players of the games and professionals who could earn a living wage from playing chess<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That would almost certainly be even more difficult to establish today perhaps, and then we have to consider how much of an audience draw chess might be for The Olympics if names such as Magnus Carlsen<\/a>, Viswanathan Anand, and Fabiano Caruana were unable to appear or win an Olympic medal due to business interests around chess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They plainly make a great deal of money from playing chess and associated businesses based around it, and would they even be interested in playing chess in the Olympic Games<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is much to consider.<\/p>\n\n\n\nChess at the Olympic Games<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Chess was First Introduced to the Olympics in 1924<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Professional Chess Players vs Amateur Chess Players<\/h3>\n\n\n\n