Russian chess champion ‘smeared poison on childhood rival’s board’
www.independent.co.uk
She now faces a lifetime ban

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.

  • capnminus@lemmy.world
    19·
    3 months ago

    “chess champion” makes it sound like she’s a GM or somrthing. She doesn’t have any FIDE titles.

    • Creat@discuss.tchncs.de
      9·
      3 months ago

      She did probably win some local chess-related competition, which technically makes her a “chess champion”. See also parks & rec “award winning” meme/quote.

      Just typical editorial exaggeration and clickbait, par for the course in today’s “journalism”. I hate it.