Should creativity and chess be included in the Olympic Games?
The immediate answer might be no. But as is often the case, the immediate answer might overlook some interesting discussion points.
Creativity actually does take place in a sort of Olympic Games, as does chess.
The Mind Sports Olympiad is a regular event. It has over 100 different competitions including Chess. There is also ItBackgammon, Scrabble, and Go as well as less familiar games, such as Settlers of Catan, 7 Wonders, Dominion, and Carcassonne. It incorporates the Amateur Poker World Championship and exam-based competitions ranging from Memory and Sudoku to the Mental Calculations World Championship.
There is even a sort of champion of champion event awarded each year to the player with the best results in five different competitions.
I took part in the Mind Sports Olympiad once, when the event was held in Manchester I performed well below medal-winning standard in the chess competition where I represented Wales for the first time beyond junior level ...
