Origin and Etymology of aneroid. French anÃ©roÃ¯de, from Greek a- + Late Greek nÄron water, from Greek, neuter of nearos, nÄros fresh; akin to Greek neos new â more at new. First Known Use: circa 1842.
Olympic Recognition. Chess has been recognized as a sport by the International Olympic Committee since 2000. It was an event at the Asian Games in 2006 in Doha and again in Guangzhou in 2010. It is also being considered for inclusion in the Pan-American Games.
This competition remains unique in the State. No other major chess event in California has competition according to age alone. The tradition in the United States is for scholastic youth tournaments where the players compete by school grades. Most of the rest of the worlds use age as the criteria for competition.