Comment Re:Anti-doping? (Score 1) 295
So does chess at the Olympics, but this is why FIDE adopted these regulations.
Back in 1980, Karpov, then world champion, was accused of drug taking by Kortchnoi during his challenge and again by Kasparov in their first match (which took something like six-months and seventy games). When I first started, giant coffee mugs and cigarettes were almost required at weekend tournaments. Since then those who must, huddle outside the hotels.
At the moment, Chess is on some prospective list for Olympic participation, but there is already a multi-country team tournament that seeks to emulate the Olympic atmosphere for chess. In my opinion, those in Chess politics who are pushing for inclusion point to this Olympiad, but fail to see the extent to which the public would question it. But then again, the Olympics could do much worse.
Back in 1980, Karpov, then world champion, was accused of drug taking by Kortchnoi during his challenge and again by Kasparov in their first match (which took something like six-months and seventy games). When I first started, giant coffee mugs and cigarettes were almost required at weekend tournaments. Since then those who must, huddle outside the hotels.
At the moment, Chess is on some prospective list for Olympic participation, but there is already a multi-country team tournament that seeks to emulate the Olympic atmosphere for chess. In my opinion, those in Chess politics who are pushing for inclusion point to this Olympiad, but fail to see the extent to which the public would question it. But then again, the Olympics could do much worse.
