Sources and accuracy
Use primary sources for ratings, rules, and engine behavior: official FIDE publications, the Laws of Chess, and project documentation. Date time-sensitive information and distinguish a recorded fact from an educational recommendation or illustrative example.
Ranking excerpts show their publication month and original source. We do not fill gaps with invented player biographies, titles, statistics, results, testimonials, or ratings. If a fact is not included in the checked excerpt, the profile should not imply that it has been independently verified.
AI-assisted learning and content
Chess explanations must be checked against legal positions and reliable references. Fluent prose alone does not verify a move. A teaching suggestion should identify the skill it exercises and avoid promising a fixed rating gain.
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Dates, corrections, and independence
The blog uses editorial archive dates in 2025 and 2026. Content in this release was reviewed on September 5, 2026. Archive dates organize this edition and do not assert that the pages were publicly available on those earlier dates.
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Sources & further reading
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