Chess’s Cheating Crisis

Re:Chess’s Cheating Crisis by andi999 on Monday October 19, 2020 @08:22AM (#24825672)

Isnt that even with doping you need to work incredibly hard and make the most of you talents? (since everybody is doing this, it just raises the bar throughout, doesnt it)

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Re:Chess’s Cheating Crisis by dagw on Monday October 19, 2020 @09:25AM (#24826129)

work incredibly hard and make the most of you talents

Indeed, and one of the most common uses of doping is not make you stronger or perform better per se. but to let your body recover quicker so you can train longer and harder with shorter recovery time between training sessions.

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Re:Chess’s Cheating Crisis by spaetzleesser on Monday October 19, 2020 @09:44AM (#24826286)

That’s the thing. Without doping you can work as hard as you want and still not beat the guys who do it. Even as amateur I have seen how much people improved their physique and performance once they started using steroids or HGH and there simply is no way to compete with that.

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Re:Chess’s Cheating Crisis by nix23 on Monday October 19, 2020 @08:29AM (#24825705)

>hard and make the most of you talents?

True, but if your just 0.2% better because of doping your still on the winning side.

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Re:Chess’s Cheating Crisis by gadders on Monday October 19, 2020 @08:41AM (#24825777)

They are necessary but not sufficient.

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