435152: Why would Kramnik take drugs?

gambler104:
why athlete take drugs? for the same reason Kramnik would take drug.
how many times a normal person going to the toilet?
the rule of chess should be changed, player shall not leave the table except going to toilet accompany with a referee,the game must be played out with no adjournment(before player can seal his move into an envelop after 40 moves), and one more thing should be changed, no second is allowed, this is an individual sport, a single game match, it is not a team match.

435152: athletes usually take drugs to enhance physical performance. I don't see how this would help Kramnik.

gambler104: There are drugs like speed that improve mental performance. These drugs are usually even more dangerous then the ones that increase physical performance.

mctrivia: Speed, yeah, right. :) You guys have lost it and I'm having a good laugh now just listening to the speculation. I have yet to meet a smart person that takes speed on a regular basis. And I've known a few. Perhaps in lower doses and used medicinally instead of as a drug to get high it might conceivably have such a use, but if so, why wouldn't it be a more widely known fact? The amount taken to get high is lot more than the amount needed to feel its affect of waking you up and increasing alertness. So maybe there's something to this drug angle except for one thing. Speed is a long lasting drug and you wouldn't need to make frequent trips to the restroom. One extra trip at most. No reason one couldn't just take it before leaving your hotel room and not take it again until the next day. Is coffee drinking allowed at this tournament?

Like the joke picture on the link that had all the phones, computers, and monitors, along with the padded toilet seat, if there's anything going on with the frequent trips to the restroom besides him having a urinary problem, it will be getting outside help and using machines to make the moves. You wouldn't need such an elaborate set up. A cell phone and a few even one conspirators a call away who are watching the tournament would be enough.

I have a question about the use of the restroom while the tournament game is going on. Does your clock run while you're in the restroom and it's your turn?

Walter Montego: I highly doubt he would be taking speed it is the only drug I can think of at the time. In fact I don't think he is likely taking anything the point was there are drugs that increase mental speed and acuity.

mctrivia: Ok. But if I read discussion correctly, the issue was over outside help that he could have received in the bathroom (cell phone). However, it really doesn't make much sense. They have refreshments at the events and that could cause the problem.

mctrivia: The drugs they use to treat attention deficiet disorder such as ritilan and adderall increase mental speed and concentration without the jitters you get from actual speed. They could give an edge in competition as they work to block out distractions and focus your thinking on one thing at a time.

Nightstorm: Ritilan and speed are actually the same drug. The difference is quantity and Ritilan is never laced with any kind of cycotropic to give you the holucinations.

Walter Montego: You asked "Does your clock run while you're in the restroom and it's your turn?". Yes it does, from chess at the highest level, right down to local tournament level.

Beren the 32nd:

yes, one thing Topalov should do is every time when Kramnik get up from his chair going to his restroom, Topapov get ready to punch the clock.

both players are using computer to do home preparation for this match, and both are d4 players.(from first game to the latest game)
Topalov is not FISCHER who always played the first move e4 before the match against Spassky but he did not play a single e4 game during the whole match. also FISCHER is the one who forfeited the 2nd game.
one more thing, FISCHER was playing against the mighty Russan team, and he always accused the Russan was cheating.

now the world chess is became very politics,Garry Kasparov is a politician in Russian, and he is the one created the so-called classical world champion, Karspavov and Short broke away from the FIDE to play their world championship match.
now there are many grandmasters sending letters to support Kramnik and critize the FIDE and the FIDE presendent llyumzhinov, and those grandmasters are always not not llyumzhinov's supporters.

now the seventh game of the world chess championship is ended with a victory for Topalov with black, the score is tied at 3:3. my prediction was right that i predict Topalov will not lose this match even he was behind Kramnik by one point. please read my post on 1 October 2006,23:25:30