Doping controle in chess

Today both Anand and Carlsen were subjected to a dopingcontrole. What do you guys think? Should this be done in chess? Given the huge list of materials you can get a positive with on any dopingtest and that do make sense in a pure fysical sport, but also make the lifes of the athletes harder (can't eat this, can't drink that, can't use medicine x etc etc) I wonder if chess players should be subjected to such a test.

What do you guys think? Are there known cases where a chessplayer used doping... to enhance his brain? And what is considered doping for a chessplayer? Meditation? Bloodtransfers?

Share your oppinion and thoughts.

I mentioned in another post, I believe it's because FIDE is trying to get chess into the Olympics, so they have to meet the olympic standards.

Well there are off course nootropics but if they really work remains to be seen.

Much of this anti-doping nonsense is so that chess could become an Olympic sport. I think it's time for Kirsan and the wider chess community to acknowledge that chess will never be included in the Olympics.

Not least because chess isn't a sport.

I remember in Holland they said you even could not drink any coffee because of some ingredient...

these guys doesn´t have olympic spirit  ,  this match is rigged with these quick draws,   the doping control is a joke i zink

On the one hand, I wouldn't be if this match was rigged. Corruption and prearrangement happens in many sports so why would chess be an exception?

On the other hand, I fail to see why Anand would accept humiliation on his home turf..even for a million dollars (the guy's already a millionaire, so I doubt he'd be corruptable for so "little"). If the match is rigged then I reckon we should at least see one victory from the Madras Tiger; if Carlsen draws the remaining games and becomes champion then I think this accusation won't be credible.

That being said, I agree that the "Olympic Spirit" is absent from this game as neither player is playing all out for the win every game. However I think that the format is to blame rather than the players themselves. If you made a rule change that forbade draws (draw=a win for black for ex) then we would see some fighting chess. Until then, expect quick draws and a lot boredom.

Is there any drug that raises your intelligence temporarily so that you can beat your otherwise-cannot-be-beaten opponent in a game of chess? As far as I'm aware of, there is no such drug. If that is the case, then what is the point of drug testing?

Certain substances can enhance/stimulate your concentration and would be very useful during 6-7 hour games (especially if, say, you're in your 40s and your opponent is in his 20s).

It is (at least on a lighthearted level) noteworthy that Anand's main sponsor, judging from his shirts, is Complan Memory, a supplement designed to help memory, especially when taken by older people whose memory might be declining.

Not sure how their shares are doing this week.

Well the only doping I could see would be cafeine which is removed from the dopinglist and ritalin, oxazepam. To ease the tension. But that would mean that people like me (panic-disorder) could not play chess anymore in a club, because I can not go to crowded places without using oxa.

Well, rather I think it'd just mean that you can't compete on an international level.

They better check for devices in the shoes!

I think they should play high

yesterday on dutch tv DWDD. there where 2 "healty"people who tested ritalin and said it realy enhances concentration ... wich would make it doping to a chessplayer.

for people/kids who realy need medication for medical reasons they can get a document from their doctor, like european judo champion (kim polling) uses ritalin.

i have to add !! those test people where NOT realy positive on Ritalin for non medical use (wich is a blessing for people who need it!!!)

but for students, party people or chess-players it is like drugs and addictive.

Raja_Kentut wrote:

"Is there any drug that raises your intelligence temporarily so that you can beat your otherwise-cannot-be-beaten opponent in a game of chess? As far as I'm aware of, there is no such drug. If that is the case, then what is the point of drug testing?"

There are dozens of compounds with proven efficacy on increasing intelligence on the short term. However, i think most of them, like nicotine, have a completely opposite long-term effect, making the use counter-productive.