@ guitarspider:

http://www.austriantimes.at/index.php?id=10090

Oh boy! what an entertainment FIDE is providing. Anyways, good to know that a great player was not penalised for this inconsequential and meaningless procedure.

Is it known who were the members of that Hearing Panel?

Wasn't some austrian amateur (!!!) banned for two years?

"This time it’s not a typical FIDE loophole, as what they state is exactly what happened, and whoever knows Ivanchuk and was present - me included- is sure of it."

Oh yes it is. And did you even read the Olympiad reports?

They all stated that at least two officials tried to bring Ivanchuk to the doping room. One even pick him by the hand and tried to drag him there. After seriously furious look by Ivanchuk he rather let it go, otherwise we would probably have a disciplinary procedure for punching an official! Saying that ivanchik wasn't informed about the doping test is a plain naked lie!

I feel like FIDE threatened Chucky with something that cannot be done and now wants some credit for it , but it is nice things ended this way.

Even though it is an obvious loophole it is probably (probably!) not even a wrong one or a lie, because it fits with with what Ivanchuk said. So actually it seems to be true that the procedure was not correctly done- if they would have also used that apology with a player less famous than Chuky is another question... ;)
Here's Chuky's statement:

"All this looks like a complete delusion! But such spectacles can happen in our world. I just left, nervous after the lost game, and did not listen to a man whom I saw for the first time in my life, and still do not know who that was. This is such a comedy :-) "

I understand why they had to think for a couple of weeks to come up with this hilarious statement...

Pfffew, they found a good excuse...

Sill way to avoid punishing a topplayer. Would they do the same with an anknown IM. This shows how stupid doping-test for chess are.

Sill = Silly
sorry for the mistake

This time it's not a typical FIDE loophole, as what they state is exactly what happened, and whoever knows Ivanchuk and was present - me included- is sure of it.
I agree - though - that most probably they wouldn't (and they did not, in Calvia) have spent a split second of their time over an obscure not titled player. At the same time, I believe all players will benefit from this precedent.

It never did make much sense to me to want to test the loser of a game for performance enhancing drugs - except to find out which ones don't work !

smooth save. :p

Nice loophole. Very nice. It even sounds reasonable :D. I'm happy Fide found a way out of this mess.

In chess, cheating occurs via unauthorized use of computer assistance not via drugs. That is why doping controls in chess are so effective. If the player can pee he is clean, if he can't pee, he probably went to often to the toilet to check his Pocket Fritz or to connect to the outside world via hidden cables. No laboratory analysis needed. Results and verdicts can be given within half an hour!