Comment by fc417fc802
10 days ago
By the same logic, why would anyone expect that the best player in the world for any given sport happens to compete in the olympics? The issue here is the semantics. FIDE titling someone "world champion" is at the end of the day no different than a burger joint claiming to be the best in the country after winning some competition or another.
To be clear, I don't mean to take issue with the competitions themselves.
Because pretty much every country in the world runs competitions to select the best in every Olympic sport from all who are interested in the sport?