Chess will be back at the next edition of the Asian Games in China’s Hangzhou after the Olympic Council of Asia decided to reinstate the sport in its 2022 games program, scheduled from September 10 to 25.
The Olympic Council of Asia General Assembly met in Bangkok on March 3. Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad Al-Sabah’s president officially confirmed the development to World Chess Federation president Arkady Dvorkovich.
“I also have the pleasure to inform you that chess has been officially included in the sports program of the games,” the OCA president said to his WCF counterpart.
The Twitter handle ‘Chess Base India’ quoted Emil Sutovsky, Director General of FIDE, saying: “It took some massive work by FIDE, and in 2022, we are getting back!”
Chess was a part of the Asian Games program at the 2006 edition in Doha and 2010 in Guangzhou.
