Exploding head syndrome

So I really have no idea what to think of this article. This is just the first couple paragraphs, It gets stranger from there.

I see Bobby Fisher, the boorish genius who held the world chess title, has become even more of a recluse. A reader, Jane, a lecturer in human biology, wonders if Fisher isn't a candidate for hyper-cerebral electrosis (HCE).

She referred to a Russian news agency report saying that a Russian chess genius' brain had exploded during an intense game, splattering his opponent with brain matter.

The report (it was in 1995) claimed Nikolai Titov's head had exploded and that four other people during the course of the 20th century were known to have suffered the exploding head syndrome.