Chess players to face anti-doping measures
Chess’s world governing body will introduce
dope testing at the Asian Games this week, although the sport’s top
official in Doha said he had no idea how drugs could enhance chess
performance.
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Chess’s world governing body will introduce dope testing at the Asian Games this week, although the sport’s top official in Doha said he had no idea how drugs could enhance chess performance.
“I would not know which drug could possibly help a chess player to improve his game,” competition manager Yousuf Ahmad Ali said.
“But, yes, there will be official monitors who may demand that players undergo a drugs test after the rounds.”
Drug testing is the latest move by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) to raise international standards in the hope of making chess an Olympic sport in the future.
Along with triathlon, chess is making its debut at the Asian Games, where more than 60 players will compete for the medals.
If you’ve ever played chess whilst drunk or stoned, you’ve learned how amazingly stupid and inattentive you really can be. But, this might keep the International Olympic Committee happy? If they don’t have a rulebook for every possibility, they haven’t a clue how to “rule”.
Posted: Wed - November 29, 2006 at 03:17 PM