~ (FIDE on Twitter)
- An olympic sport should be accessible to viewers that are not necessarily previously familiar with that sport.
- It should also have results that can be easily measured against future olympic games.
Chess definitely does not fit either of those criterias.
I'd probably be excited if chess had any chance of being a sports event in the Olympics probably 19 years ago when it was a demo sport in the Sydney 2000 Olympics. At least it still got into the SEA games. Also with eSports quickly monopolising interest, chess will have even slimmer chances to be considered in future Olympics.
