Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An yi ƙoƙari a cikin 1924 don haɗa chess a cikin Wasannin Olympics. Duk da haka, saboda yana da matukar wuya a rarrabe tsakanin 'yan wasan kwaikwayo da masu sana'a, an dakatar da taron. Yayin da wasannin Olympics na 1924 ke gudana a Paris, an gudanar da gasar Olympiad na Chess na 1 ba tare da Olympics ba, amma kuma a Paris. An kafa Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) a ranar rufewa ta farko da ba ta hukuma ba. FIDE ta shirya gasar Chess Olympiad ta farko a shekarar 1927 wanda akwai kasashe 16 da ke halarta. Ta hanyar gasar Olympics ta Chess ta 29
a shekarar 1990, akwai kasashe 127 da ke cikin kungiyar. An gudanar da gasar Chess Olympiads a cikin lokaci-lokaci na FIDE har zuwa 1950; tun daga wannan lokacin, ana gudanar da su a kai a kai a kowace shekara biyu.