Sat, 24 Jan 2009

Chess Player Cleared After Failing to Take Drug Test

How much does a chess piece weigh? Would steroids really help players move faster? Do stoned players make better moves? Does acid assist in move look-ahead?

Maybe I need to start a new category on the blog for stories like this one: call it 'Sheer Stupidity'.

Maybe Vassily Ivanchuk can just play chess now. Ivanchuk, the No. 3 player in the world, who has been a fixture among the game’s elite for two decades will not be suspended for failing to take a drug test at the conclusion of the Chess Olympiad last year.

(link) [New York Times]

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