Mystery news item to appear soon

5/16/2014 – We are in the process of preparing a very special article for publication. It involves two correspondence chess games being played on our Playchess server, under unusual circumstances – to say the least. We want you to guess what is coming – the solution will be up as a featured article in a few days. No inkling, not a clue? Well, here are some more or less helpful hints.

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The mystery games

Our report will appear in a few days on this page, which will be promoted to a "featured article" with a larger thumbnail on the front page. Until then you will have to speculate what is so special about two correspondence games on Playchess.

Here are some hints:

The player depicted above is not in Tromsø or in Khanty-Mansiysk.

There is nothing sinister about the attire – no crimes or terror to be reported...

... although the games do involve a correctional facility.

The reason the picture is fuzzy is not a bad camera or focus – it was a light problem.

It was not unusually cold when the picture was taken – in fact it was positivly balmy.

If you can guess where the picture was taken you will know why it is so special.

If you do guess right you will be able to give a very precise location.

Okay, one more hint: this is what it looks like outside the playing venue

So that's enough of teasing. We will be switching off the comments at the bottom of the page – at least until the full report is posted. Otherwise it will take some dedicated reader a few minutes to spoil the fun for everyone else. But, psst: if you can't bear the suspense you will have to consult our Facebook page...