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- Title
CHESS AND DOPING: A CALL FOR MORE STUDIES AND ADAPTED ANTI-DOPING SYSTEM.
- Authors
Zaksaitė, Salomėja
- Abstract
The article aims to cover certain questions arising from the factual inconsistency between the anti-doping system and mind sports, namely chess. The first question is related to the Prohibited List. Actually, chess players are subject to the same general Prohibited List as other sportsmen. Such equality sounds rather weird, since mind sports require different skills comparing to those in physical sports. Studies show that chess players might try to enhance their performance by taking drugs that improve their alertness. Thus, it is an ongoing need to conduct more researches on certain substances that are prone to improve performance in chess and, subsequently, a special (naturally, much narrower) Prohibited List is to be drawn up. The second question relates to the practical testing and whereabouts of chess players. Up to now, few chess players have been tested and even fewer have been punished. Such a situation can be hardly associated with clean sports - it is more probable that the inherent incompatibility of the whole anti-doping system is witnessed. In other words, the system was created not for mind sports and, as a result, it is not fully applied.
- Publication
International Sports Law Review Pandektis, 2015, Vol 11, Issue 1/2, p578
- ISSN
1109-3943
- Publication type
Academic Journal