Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te mea he rāngai hākinakina i whakaaetia e te IOC, ā, i te mea he kaihautū ki ngā whakaaetanga o te World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), ka piri a FIDE ki ā rātou ture, tae atu ki tētahi whakaritenga mō ngā whakamātautau hākinakina, e tika ana kia tangohia e rātau i ngā kaupapa pērā i te Olympics. I whakauruhia ngā whakamātautau i te tau 2002 i raro i te tautohetohe nui, me te whakapono whānui e kore e taea te dope i te chess. Ko te rangahau i mahia e te hononga taakaha o te Netherlands kaore i kitea he taonga whakarei ake i te mahi taakaha. E ai ki a Dr. Helmut Pfleger, e rua tekau tau e whakahaere ana i ngā whakamātautau i te mara, "He nui rawa ngā pānga kino o ngā rongoā whakaongaonga hinengaro me ngā rongoā whakamarietanga hinengaro". Ko nga kaitakaro penei i a Artur Yusupov, Jan Timman me Robert Hübner i kore e pai ki te purei mo to raatau roopu motu, ki te whai waahi ranei ki nga huihuinga penei i te Chess Olympiad i tukuna ai nga whakamatautau tarukino. Ko nga whakamātautau 802 katoa i whakahaeretia i te Omipika o te tau 2002 i hoki kino mai. Heoi, i te 36th Chess Olympiad i te tau 2004, e rua nga kaitakaro i kore e whakaae ki te whakarato i nga tauira urine ka whakakorea o raatau kaute. E wha tau i muri mai, kaore a Vassily Ivanchuk i whiua mo te peke i te whakamātautau tarukino i te Whare Wānanga
Ko te 38th Chess Olympiad i te 2008, me te hapa tukanga e tohuhia ana.