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Chess Makes Move for Inclusion at 2024 Paris Olympics

by Reuters

   The governing body for chess launched a campaign on Tuesday for the
   game to be included at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

   The International Chess Federation (FIDE) called for faster formats of
   traditional chess, called rapid and blitz, to be included on the
   Olympic program.

   FIDE said in a statement that the game of chess has a "genuine global
   appeal" and that it has 189 national federations and 600 million people
   who practice chess globally.

   The International Olympic Committee recognized chess as a sport in 1999
   and a year later it was an exhibition event at the Sydney Olympics.

   A bid by chess officials to be included in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
   failed.