Even Chess Leagues Have to Deal With Performance-Enhancing Drugs Sarah Sloat Drugs January 27, 2017 In 2008, professional chess grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk lost a game, then was immediately asked to provide a urine sample for a drug test. Ivanchuk...
Chess WADA – Anti-Doping Policy, Nutrition and Health
Chess WADA – Anti-Doping Policy, Nutrition and Health Anti-Doping Information The 2013 WADA Prohibited List and Monitoring Program can be found at: http://list.wada-ama.org/ The most relevant banned substances for chess are: • Amphetamines – e.g. Adderall, Ritalin • Ephedrine and...
Carlsen to be drug tested by FIDE
Rough translation: The International Chess Federation FIDE recently sent Carlsen a letter stating that he will be involved in a pilot project with doping tests. I think it’s not so much point of drug testing in chess, I must admit....
WC Update: FIDE Drug Testing
Info by Chessdom After the third game, Anand and Topalov had to through a doping control process. The head of the FIDE doping commission Dr. Jana Belin came to Sofia for this procedure. She is the same person who...
New FIDE Anti-Doping Regulations
New FIDE Anti-Doping RegulationsTuesday, 09 March 2010 10:54 We publish the new regulations produced by the FIDE Medical Commission which come into effect from July 1st 2010. They bring the FIDE code into line with the WADA (World Anti-Doping...
Ivanchuk, the doping case details
Details from the FIDE Doping Hearing Panelby Macauley Peterson, February 11, 2009 For two long months, Vassily Ivanchuk’s future in chess was in some doubt. After failing to respond to a request for a drug test following his last...
The modern sport dilemma
Stuck in the middle on steroid useBy LYN COCKBURN As the Toronto Blue Jays look toward their spring training opener on Feb. 26 against the New York Yankees, there’s already one good thing to be said for Canada’s team:...
Stop the drug war
Drug Testing: Chess Federation Caves, Ivanchuk Will Not Be SuspendedDrug War Chronicle, DCIssue #570, 1/30/09 As we noted three weeks ago, the chess world was in turmoil over drug testing in a simmering spat sparked afresh by the threatened...
Breaking News! No Penalty for Ivanchuk!
Wijk aan Zee (NED), January 21, 2009 Decision of the FIDE Doping Hearing Panel Drug testing is still relatively rare in chess. However, it does occur in various official events and was carried out during the course of the...
Defy drug test
Chess masters defy drug test for Olympic bidDavid R. SandsWednesday, January 7, 2009 By attacking one of the kings of the game, the world’s chess bureaucrats have backed themselves into a corner. The International Chess Federation, known by its...