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Chess Grandmaster Faces 2 Year Ban For Doping
sportsbybrooks.com - 12/12/2008
Chess Grandmaster Faces 2 Year Ban For Doping
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Seriously. How exactly taking steroids can make somebody a better chess player, I have no idea, but apparently the governing bodies of the sport have been testing for performance enhancers since 2001. Apparently there was a fear that chess players would start taking steroids so they could ...

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Outrage Over Ivanchuk: The Great Chess Doping Scandal - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
spiegel.de - 12/11/2008
Outrage Over Ivanchuk: The Great Chess Doping Scandal - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
— spiegel.de — Professional chess player Vassily Ivanchuk, born in Berezhany, Ukraine in 1969, has been a grandmaster for the past 20 years and is currently ranked third in the world. The man with black hair and bedroom eyes is known as "Big Chucky" by his fellow ... (more) Outrage Over Ivanchuk: The Great Chess Doping Scandal - ...
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