Amina Abakarova is reported to have said she attacked Umayganat Osmanova out of revenge for a personal insult.
A Russian chess champion has been suspended after poisoning her childhood rival ahead of a match by smearing deadly mercury over her pieces.
She is seen looking around as she casually approaches her opponent’s table before taking something from her bag – seemingly a vial – and smearing its contents on Osmanova’s board and some of her pieces. A judge from the tournament reported the incident to police, with CCTV footage confirming that Abakarova had been present.“Like many others, I am perplexed by what happened, and the motives of such an experienced competitor as Amina Abakarova are incomprehensible,” he said.
“This is the first recorded case of somebody using a toxic substance, to my knowledge, in the history of the game of chess,” he toldHe said that “psychological” tactics were normally wielded in the world of chess, with players sometimes going to extreme lengths to throw off their opponents.
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