Drug Testing For Olympic Chess Players?

Lawrence Person writes: "According to this AP wire story, they're thinking of adding chess as an Olympic sport. The downside? Mandatory drug testing. 'He's using steroids to move that pawn!'"

Comments

Re:Chess - A stupid game for stupid people.

[BilldaCat]

I'd say that if you have hung out with a chess team, Linux User Groups, D&D players, and by god, Magic The Gathering players, you have no right to be calling someone else poorly socialized.

Where in the???

[crackerjack911]

I just wonder how long till they decide to let big blue play. Only problem would be figuring out how to get a urine sample from a super computer.

Are humans the only competitors?

[compwiz3688]

'He's using steroids to move that pawn!'
Nooo.... They're overclocking Deep Blue!

Damnit.

[SirSlud]

Damn. Drugs are about the only thing that makes chess interesting.