Battle of the Diagnoses

Voice uses optional browser speech. Sound starts after interaction. Undo permanently disables competitive trophy eligibility for that match. Seven difficulty levels; playing strength is not Elo-rated.

You are the Evidence Rebellion. Choose to start as White or let the computer start and play Black. Select a clinician to highlight legal moves. Protect your king and checkmate the establishment. All ordinary chess moves apply, including castling, en passant and promotion.

Threefold repetition and fifty moves without a pawn move or capture permit a draw claim. Use Claim draw, or enter an intended move in the keyboard field before claiming. Fivefold repetition and seventy-five moves are automatic draws. The computer claims an available draw on its turn. Checkmate takes precedence.

Each clinician’s collar and equipment indicate their role: resident (pawn), pathologist (rook), hammer-wielding neurologist (knight), textbook specialist (bishop), researcher or stamp specialist (queen), senior physician (king). Hover or select to read a clinician’s name.

This satire targets institutional arrogance and diagnostic certainty. All characters are fictional.

• First OpinionWin your first eligible match.
• Second OpinionWin five eligible matches.
• Peer ReviewedDefeat the FND Specialist.
• Diagnostic ChallengerDefeat the Chief of Neurology.
• Institutional CollapseDefeat The Medical Establishment.
• No Premature ClosureWin without losing a clinician.
• Clinical Winning StreakWin ten consecutive eligible matches.
• The Grand RoundDefeat all seven opponents.
• Evidence-Based VictoryWin by checkmate.
• Still Asking QuestionsComplete fifty eligible matches.