THIS CRAZY WORLD OF CHESS by GM Larry Evans (page 78)

Politics reared its ugly head at the Thirty-Sixth Chess Olympiad in
Calvia, Spain, where the Ukraine captured the gold ahead of Russia and
Armenia among 129 teams. The USA took fourth, its best showing in
years, but the entire 6-man squad including the captain consisted of
Russian immigrants. A wag called it "The Russian B Team."

The USA women's team silver medalist Susan Polgar also earned a gold
medal for the best individual result on board one. New York State
Governor Pataki with Kasparov in the center gave her a plaque.
Hungary's Polgar led the USA women's team to a silver medal behind
China but ahead of Russia among 87 nations. After the last game she
was singled out for a degrading urine test even though no known drug
has ever enhanced chess performance.

THIS CRAZY WORLD OF CHESS (page 72)

The Polgar sisters, who are Jewish, have long been a thorn in the side
of FIDE, which is clearly an anti-Semitic organization. For an account
of how every woman in the world except Susan Polgar got 100 free
rating points, see "Rigging Ratings." This scandal took place at the
Chess Olympiad in the United Arab Emirates in 1986 where a team from
Israel was banned.

In 2004 Susan led the USA women's team to a silver medal. She was the
individual high-scorer on board one, and then was singled out for a
humiliating "random" dope test, which she dared not refuse on pain of
having her team's result erased. Thus FIDE made the USCF eat crow for
publicly taking a stand against dope testing.




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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.

Dear Larry[s], I remember our big hoo-hah here with John Fernandez and
others.

After these events I interviewed Dr. Stephen J. Press, DC, PhD, CCSP, FACSM,
FICC
Past-Acting President, and Founder, FIDE Medical Commission
at http://www.chessville.com/Editorials...tualSports.htm

on his desire to make his own un-edited statements on ths issue, to whatever
length he wished. The article above was simply an op-ed piece, with
graphics added by CV staff.

While many anti-drug people saw testing as merely a means for Fide to
control players, Dr. Press pursues the straight medical line [if vaguely]
with such commentary as this

"Initially, many people, I assume even those in the IOC, thought this
not a little strange, though a necessary evil, if you will. But when we
started to actually look at what the issues really were, and whether any of
this actually made sense, we quickly found it did! Based on available
medical literature, there was no question but that certain substances could,
in fact augment mental performance, or at least had the potential to do so."

And as if to clinch matters on a medical basis, we have to go behind the
curtain, to Leipzig, no less, and to learn about something we chess players
talk about all the time, 'last hour syndrome,' or, when a cup of joe just
ain't enough....

"Jay Leno, on the eve of my speech to the USCF in Massachusetts, when I
appeared for FIDE to explain the new rules, gave his monologue about my
speech, talking about all the Chess players "bulking up on steroids" to move
those heavy pieces around. Funny stuff? On the surface it looked like it.
But it turned out that a study done in Leipzig, East Germany, before the
reunification, showed that Chess players who were trained physically, like
other athletes, were better enabled to deal with the dreaded "last hour
syndrome" which afflicts International players at the worst possible time."

But here comes the gentleman's own motivation! Its not 'morons' who take
drugs to win, its the fear that his own will emulate them )

"I really don't give a hoot about the idiot who is so desperate to win
that s/he will jeopardize his/her own health for the sake of a medal. It's
that this moron's winning and the next one's too, result in a system in
which MY child has to use these substances if s/he wants to be able to
compete on a level paying field, and THAT is what I cannot tolerate."

So you see Larry[s], its not so much a medical condition, as a pyschological
condition the gentleman wants to engage, and indeed, to fight his own
parental doubts this way. And so, the mechanism as usual, is to project
varieties of cheating druggies onto the chess scene, and resent the fact
that his own child may not have the sense to resist emulating what they
believe is being achieved.

The rather absurd consequence is to take rather more likely role-models for
children, such as Hollywood stars, and make sure they aren't smoking any
weed at the back of the studio, albeit, that substance does not enhance
mental performance either.

Phil Innes

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.