The world of chess has been rocked after a Russian chess champion attempted to poison her childhood rival by covering her pieces in deadly mercury.

Now facing a possible prison sentence, Amina Abakarova, 43, was caught on a security camera smearing her rival’s pieces with the substance ahead of a tournament in Makhachkala, southern Russia last week.

According to the World Health Organisation, even minor exposure to mercury can have serious health consequences.

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    3 months ago

    Man chess competitions are wild. First was the sex toy cheating scandal and now this.

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        3 months ago

        So there was a claim he was cheating but it’s really hard to smuggle any devices into the match so it was JOKED that he used a sex toy, but thats only one theory lol