Anabolic Steroids Invade the World of Professional Chess

Canton, Ohio - The professional chess world was rocked today when 13 year old chess prodigy, Bobby Baines was disqualified for testing positive for steroids.

Clayton Groman, Director of the United States Chess Federation announced during a press conference from his offices in Crossville, Tennessee that Baines was one of 17 professional chess players ranging in ages from 8 to 97 years old, that are under suspicion for blood doping and taking drugs on the USCF list of banned substances.

"We've had Mr. Baines in our crosshairs for quite some time," said Groman. "We first became suspicious when we noticed that he was becoming much more violent during matches and began exhibiting impaired judgment stemming from feelings of invincibility." During one recent chess match, Baines became upset over his opponent's delay in play and leaped over the table hoisting him up into an Airplane Spin.

"He's just a boy," pleaded Bobby's mother and manager, Agatha Baines. "Like all boys his age, he's bound to make mistakes." When asked if she noticed any other recent changes in Bobby, Agatha confessed that she had noticed some small, yet noticeable physical changes in her son over the past six months. "For one thing, he started to grow more hair; a lot of hair." she said. "I'm well aware that boys entering puberty are likely to experience changes in their bodies, but I saw Bobby in the shower one afternoon and his back was just covered with hair. He'd looked just like my brother, Leo and he's 67 years old. But what really alarmed me was when I saw Bobby trimming the hair in his ears. He's only 13 for God's sake..." She also confessed to witnessing some rather rapid weight gain in Bobby. "He gained over 35 pounds of muscle in one week," she said. "We had to stop buying his clothes at Oshkosh B'Gosh and start shopping at Eagleson's Big and Tall Shop for Men."