After the third game, Anand and Topalov had to through a doping control process. The head of the FIDE doping commission Dr. Jana Belin came to Sofia for this procedure. She is the same person who performed the doping control procedure in Elista. The process in Sofia took place in two separate rooms in the Military Club in Sofia.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
What are they tested for?
What a joke! There’s no reason to test for anything. Steroids certainly won’t help a chess player!
What are they tested for?
Steroids, anabolics, all the stuff that makes you excel over the board.
Complete FIDE nonsense!
This is for the benefit of FIDE bureaucrats trying to impress the International Olympic Committee.
Hi Susan,
Why are they being tested for steroids? How does doing steroids/dope help chess players?