Barua for inclusion of chess in Olympics
Archiman Bhaduri, TNN
Aug 11, 2012, 04.35PM IST
Barua felt chess should be given the honour of being an Olympic sport. “Chess is one of the most popular games in the world now. It is a household game in most countries,” he said.
However, the International Olympic Committee ( IOC) is still not convinced about the spectator-friendliness aspect of the game and is thus apprehensive about including it in the greatest show of Earth.
“We have Chess Olympiad which is a biennial event. I have played in the meet for a number of times, but still we are not given the honour of being an Olympian,” he said.
The GM felt every sportsperson dreams to be an Olympian and in spite of chess being so popular in the country it is sad that chess players are denied of that opportunity.
He also felt India stand a good chance to win a medal if chess is included in the Games. “We have the five-time World champion Visawanathan Anand in our ranks along with great players like K Sasikiran, P Harikrishna and Surya Sekhar Ganguly. I genuinely believe India can win some medals if chess is included in the Olympics,” he said.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Chess should be in the Olympic.
It would be very nice to see chess in the Olympics games.
I think that if the time control was faster, and if they include chess 960, it could attract much more spectators.
I would really like to see this, it would be very good to chess.