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.

  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that this is quite unpleasant behavior that shouldn’t necessarily be encouraged.