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Drug Testing For Olympic Chess Players?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the letting-any-sport-it-in-now dept.

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!'"

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  1. Re:Chess - A stupid game for stupid people. by BilldaCat · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  2. Where in the??? by crackerjack911 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  3. Are humans the only competitors? by compwiz3688 · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  4. Damnit. by SirSlud · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  5. Won't Happen by wafath · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Ignore the "Chess Isn't a Sport" arguements. That does not matter to the IOC. What matters is that chess is not TV friendly. The IOC cares more about ratings than anything else.

    posted by an irrate fencer, a sport that is in danger of being cut because we aren't "TV Friendly".

    W

  6. Dangerous... by ChristianBaekkelund · · Score: 5, Insightful
    This is without a doubt dangerous territory to tread on...For, while I for one would love to see there be a contest of "mental" challenges of "Olympic" proportions, I don't think the actual Olympics is the place or way to do it.

    If Chess is added to the Olympics, it's only a matter of time before many many other "mental" games are petitioning the Olympic Commission for admission to the games. Instead of allowing the Commission to be very judgemental in what they allow, it'd make better sense for a mental Olympics to be wholly created outside of the existing Games, IMHO.

  7. Performance drugs for chess? Sure... by glebite · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How about Ritalin or some other drug to improve concentration skills. What about some kind of coolness-under-fire drugs to block out the pressure? Are there drugs that won't 'zombify' a person, but keep them focused?

    Just asking...

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