08 Aug 06
I think Bobby Fischer led a US chess team to a gold medal in the Olympics back in the 60's or mayb the 50's. (???) I don't know if any other olympic games have included chess as an event. Does anybody out there know? For the record, I agree with the general view that chess is not a sport and should not be in the olympics.
08 Aug 06
Originally posted by bvbYou must be confused. Chess has never been played at the Olympics. It's only recently that the IOC has officially recognised FIDE as the organisation in charge of chess (which is required to become an Olympic Sport).
I think Bobby Fischer led a US chess team to a gold medal in the Olympics back in the 60's or mayb the 50's. (???) I don't know if any other olympic games have included chess as an event. Does anybody out there know? For the record, I agree with the general view that chess is not a sport and should not be in the olympics.
You can find a full list of what sports were played in what Olympics here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_sports
And you can't mean that Fischer led the US team to victory in the Chess Olympiad because the USSR won it every time Fischer played (The US won in 1976 and previous to that in 1937).
26 Sep 06
Originally posted by 7ate9Look at me I'm driving drunk!
After watching the proceedings of the current world chess championship, I've been giving some more thought to chess as an olympic sport in regards to how it would be broadcast.
The problem I see with chess being an olympic sport is the fact it has to be marketed to the general population and not just the chess guns like me.
Is it possible to commentate a grandmasters battle at a level of a beginner chess-player?