{"id":1344,"date":"2023-03-16T18:12:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T12:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boardplaying.com\/?p=1344"},"modified":"2023-03-21T12:27:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T06:57:51","slug":"has-chess-ever-been-in-the-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boardplaying.com\/has-chess-ever-been-in-the-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Chess Ever Been in the Olympics? Playing Chess in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Has Chess ever been in the Olympics? It is true that Chess is not a game included in the Olympics. But it\u2019s also not true that Chess has never been a part of the Olympics. In fact, Chess was played at the Summer Olympics of 2000 in Sydney, Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Olympics games of 2000 featured a two-game exhibition match between the grandmasters Vishy Anand and Alexey Shirov. This game was played only for exhibition purposes and was not an actual part of the sports being played there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n