THIS CRAZY WORLD OF CHESS by GM Larry Evans (page 82)

Just Testing


Two players had their scores erased at the 2004 World Team
Championship in Calvia because they refused to comply with a "random"
drug test demanded by FIDE. Yet many people wonder why there is any
need to enforce Olympic restrictions now that both the International
Olympic Committee (IOC) and the USA Olympic Committee (USOC) have
flatly rejected chess as a sport.

On August 20, 2001, Larry Parr and I wrote a position paper for the
FIDE Advisory Committee of the USCF. We argued that FIDE initiated
drug testing knowing full well that chess was a nonstarter in the
summer or winter Olympics for the simple reason that it's not an
athletic sport and we analyzed FIDE's real motives.

Our main points still stand, though there are some anachronisms. Jim
Eade no longer is our zonal president and the new rules, though
shorter, refer all questions to WADA regulations which are even
tougher than those we cited. Therefore, the net result is that the
situation is even worse than what we concluded.


wrote:
You know, I wouldn't trust my medcial records with FIDE. The idea that
a murderor can test
other people for drug use (the President of FIDE) and then have the
power to throw you out of chess
is just disgusting. Kirsan respects power.

You can't trust FIDE with medical data. You can't take a drug test if
you have medical problems.

Kirsan will BLACKMAIL you with your own medical records.

Ilyumzhinov is about to be accused of BLACKMAIL, and some other
things...

Marcus Roberts
Permanent Delegate of St Kitts and Nevis to FIDE

Hingis Denies Cocaine Report, Retires
Tennis Star Martina Hingis Denies Cocaine Use, Announces Retirement
Swiss tennis player Martina Hingis faces the press, Thursday, Nov. 1,
2007 in Glattbrugg, Switzerland. Martina Hingis said she has been
accused of testing positive for cocaine at Wimbledon, and announced
her retirement from professional tennis. Hingis, a five-time Grand
Slam champion and former Wimbledon winner, denied using cocaine. (AP
Photo/Keystone/Walter Bieri) The Associated Press ZURICH, Switzerland
Nov 1, 2007 (AP)
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Share Martina Hingis said Thursday she has been accused of testing
positive for cocaine at Wimbledon, but she denied using the drug. She
also announced her retirement from professional tennis.

"I find this accusation so horrendous, so monstrous that I've decided
to confront it head on by talking to the press," she said. "I am
frustrated and angry. I believe that I am absolutely 100 percent
innocent."

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Her voice broke as she fought back tears in reading the statement. At
the end, she took no questions and left the news conference.

The 27-year-old Swiss player lost in the third round at Wimbledon to
Laura Granville, 6-4, 6-2.

Hingis said the positive test, which could lead to a doping suspension
of up to two years, led to her retirement because she doesn't want to
spend years fighting the case.

Mario Widmer, Hingis' manager, said he did not know why she waited
until now to make the announcement.

Hingis returned to the sport two years ago after a four-year absence
because of injuries.

She won three straight Australian Open titles from 1997-99, and
Wimbledon and the U.S. Open championships in 1997. She came within one
match of winning the Grand Slam in 1997, losing only in the French
Open final.

On March 31, 1997, Hingis became the youngest female player ever to
lead the world rankings. She was 16 years, 6 months and 1 day at the
time. She is currently ranked No. 19.

Hingis, who lost in the third round of the U.S. Open, hasn't played
since her second-round loss to Peng Shuai of China, 7-5, 6-1, in
Beijing on Sept. 19.

Former top-ranked player Mats Wilander and Karel Novacek had positive
tests for cocaine at the 1995 French Open. Both were banned for three
months and ordered to return prize money and forfeit rankings points.

Others have tested positive for a variety of banned substances.

Hingis said she was accused by "an outsource testing company" of
taking cocaine during Wimbledon. She said she was "shocked and
appalled" when notified that her urine sample came back positive after
the loss to Granville.