Chess to be removed from SEA games?
This morning I read a post from the Malaysian chess group pointing to an article about the possibility of chess being excluded from the 2007 SEA games. This is indeed distressing. This is the quote from Tunku Imran, President of the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) an elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) :-
It will be a waste of resources, money and effort to host sports that do not have any bearing at major sporting events.
He did not quote chess explicitly but chess is one of the “less relevant” SEA games event together with Arnis, pentaque, water skiing, traditional boat racing.
I’m keeping my fingers crossed that 2007 SEA games host, Thailand, does not axe chess from the SEA games.
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Comments
Sudah terlalu nampak persekutuan sukan di malaysia nii lebih mementingkan sukan yang lebih peluang memenangi emas dari memperkembangkan keseluruhan sukan di malaysia ini.Setahu saya sukan catur sudah 2 kali berturut2 terlibat di SEA Games.Tetapi Malaysia tetap nak tolong sukan squash dimasukkan kedalam SEA GAMES.Setahu SM,sukan squaah tiada dalam sukan SEA kerana tiada sambutan di negara lain.
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In the two-day SEA Games Federation (SGF) meeting in Pattaya to be held on this Thursday and Friday, Malaysia will only appeal for squash to be included in the events’ list
Thailand Lists 39 Events For 2007 SEA Games
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news_sports.php?id=217983
Malaysia lobi skuasy kekal acara tetap Sukan Sea Korat
http://www.hmetro.com.my/Current_News/HM/Tuesday/Sukan/20060905082255/Article/indexm_html