Editing Chess Olympiad (section)

==Birth of the Olympiad==
The first Olympiad was unofficial. For the [[1924 Summer Olympics|1924 Olympics]] an attempt was made to include chess in the Olympic Games but this failed because of problems with distinguishing between amateur and professional players.<ref name="Brace">{{citation|author=Brace, Edward R.|year=1977|title=An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess|publisher=Hamlyn Publishing Group|isbn=1-55521-394-4|page=64}} 
</ref> While the [[1924 Summer Olympics]] was taking place in Paris, the [[1st unofficial Chess Olympiad]] also took place in Paris. FIDE was formed on Sunday, July 20, 1924, the closing day of the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041121043246/http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/fide.htm FIDE History] by Bill Wall. Retrieved 2 May 2008.</ref>
[[FIDE]] organised the first Official Olympiad in 1927 which took place in London.<ref name="Brace" /> The Olympiads were occasionally held annually and at irregular intervals until World War II; since 1950 they have been held regularly every two years.<ref name="Brace" />
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[[Image:1st Chess Olympiad.PNG|thumb|left|340px|There were 16 participating nations in the [[1st Chess Olympiad]], 1927.]]
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[[Image:41st Chess Olympiad participants.png|thumb|left|340px|By the [[41st Chess Olympiad|41st Olympiad]], 2014, there were 172 participating nations.]]
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[[Image:Fischer Score Card.jpg|thumb|right|350px|[[Bobby Fischer]]'s score card from his round 3 game against [[Miguel Najdorf]] in the 1970 Chess Olympiad]]