FIDE President threatens to sue IOC
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I think the problem is that 'more civilized' ways haven't worked.
While I am not sure that chess is a "sport" , there are other things in the Olympics I also dont consider "sport". I would like to see chess in the Olympics but would prefer a way other than suing the IOC to get in.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is a crazy guy, that's all I'm going to say.
Yes, there are better ways to get chess into the Olympics...suing is not the answer.
My one wish for high level chess is that it would be appreciated more in America.....like the way Europeans view chess.
Here is a news article about FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and his push to bring chess into the Olympics by suing the IOC:
http://www.worldgames-iwga.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,1044-16941-19728-4769-280357-12500-889-layout08-18091-news-item,00.html
What do you think? Should the FIDE president go to this extreme to try to get chess into the Olympic games or should we work out a more civilized way of persuading the Olympic committe and the world?