IOC Quickly Rejects FIDE Inclusion Overture

"It took less than 10 days for the rain to fall on Kouatly and Dvorkovich’s parade. On Tuesday February 12, readers might recall, FIDE officially started an optimisticcampaign to try to become part of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.

But on the Thursday of the following week a resounding ‘no’ was communicated to FIDE. Of course, this per se was not a surprise to me, but the speed with which the decision was made definitely surprised me.

And what is more, even today none of Chess.Com, ChessBase or other popular chess sites, which so enthusiastically reported the start of the campaign, have given their readers the news. Are they still in SHOCK? Must be…"

http://www.spraggettonchess.com/fide-in-crisis/