Editing Chess Olympiad (section)

==Drug testing==
As a sporting federation recognized by the IOC, and particularly as a signatory to the [[World Anti-Doping Agency]] (WADA) conventions,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wada-ama.org/en/code-signatories|title=Code Signatories|website=World Anti-Doping Agency|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref> FIDE adheres to their rules, including a requirement for doping tests,<ref>[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/2760-1251-complete-fide-anti-doping-documents  Complete FIDE Anti-Doping Documents] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608190323/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/2760-1251-complete-fide-anti-doping-documents |date=8 June 2020 }} FIDE official website. Retrieved 2 May 2008.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7189-chess-wada-anti-doping-policy-nutrition-and-health.html|title=Chess WADA – Anti-Doping Policy, Nutrition and Health|last=AM|website=www.fide.com|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516005653/https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/7189-chess-wada-anti-doping-policy-nutrition-and-health.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> which they are obligated to take at the events such as the Olympiad. The tests were first introduced in 2002 under significant controversy,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080517071533/http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/drugslet.html Open letter from 50 players on drug testing (Web Archive)]</ref> with the widespread belief that it was impossible to dope in chess. Research carried out by the Dutch chess federation failed to find a single [[performance-enhancing substance]] for chess.<ref name="en.chessbase.com">{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/controversy-over-fide-doping-check|title=Controversy over FIDE doping check|date=27 October 2002|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref> According to Dr Helmut Pfleger, who has been conducting experiments in the field for around twenty years, "Both mentally stimulating and mentally calming medication have too many negative side effects".<ref name="en.chessbase.com"/> Players such as [[Artur Yusupov (chess player)|Artur Yusupov]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/controversy-over-fide-doping-check|title=Controversy over FIDE doping check|date=27 October 2002|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref> [[Jan Timman]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2002/11/04/stories/2002110402091800.htm|website=[[The Hindu]]|title=Indian men beat U.S.|date=2002-11-04|access-date=16 October 2017}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and [[Robert Hübner]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/outrage-over-ivanchuk-the-great-chess-doping-scandal-a-595819.html|title=Outrage Over Ivanchuk: The Great Chess Doping Scandal|first=Maik|last=Grossekathöfer|newspaper=Der Spiegel|date=11 December 2008|access-date=16 October 2017|via=Spiegel Online}}</ref> either refused to play for their national team or to participate in events such as the Chess Olympiad where drug tests were administered. All 802 tests administered at the 2002 Olympiad came back negative.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chess.com/blog/billwall/drug-testing-and-chess|title=Top Chess Blogs - Chess.com|website=Chess.com|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310124931/http://www.chess.com/blog/billwall/drug-testing-and-chess|archive-date=2016-03-10|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, in the [[36th Chess Olympiad#Drug testing|36th Chess Olympiad]] in 2004, two players refused to provide urine samples and had their scores cancelled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doping.nl/media/kb/2656/Miller_Panel.pdf|title=Decision of the FIDE Doping Hearing Panel (Miller)|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doping.nl/media/kb/2655/FIDE%202004_Shaun%20Press_Decision.pdf|title=Decision of the FIDE Doping Hearing Panel (Press)|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref> Four years later, [[Vasyl Ivanchuk]] was not penalized for skipping a drug test at the [[38th Chess Olympiad]] in 2008, with a procedural error being indicated instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/3704-decision-of-the-fide-doping-hearing-panel|title=Decision of the FIDE Doping Hearing Panel|website=www.fide.com|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=23 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123144930/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/3704-decision-of-the-fide-doping-hearing-panel|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2010, a FIDE official commented that due to the work of the FIDE Medical Commission, the tests were now considered routine.<ref>[https://www.fide.com/images/stories/NEWS_2011/fide_news/Annexes/Minutes_of_FIDE_GA_2010.pdf Minutes of 2010 FIDE General Assembly] (page 24)</ref> In November 2015, FIDE president [[Kirsan Ilyumzhinov]] announced they are working with WADA to define and identify doping in chess.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interfax.ru/sport/481285|title=ФИДЕ и ВАДА будут совместно выявлять допинг в шахматах|date=24 November 2015|access-date=16 October 2017}}</ref>