At one point, FIDE considered suing the IOC in the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which handles international sport disputes in Lausanne, Switzerland, but later relented.

• 最终，国际棋联向国际体育仲裁法庭起诉国际奥委会。国际体育仲裁法庭设在瑞士洛桑，在开始解决了不少体育纠纷，后来有些松懈了。