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ohwhatfollyisman ,

it was all a result of a misunderstanding. his coach told him to focus on the H, G files of the chessboard and he heard that as something else.

Kolanaki ,
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How would it have poisoned just his rival and not also him? Touching it doesn’t do much unless you’re submerging your skin in it for long periods. The fumes would affect everyone. And it’s very unlikely his opponent would have licked the board to ingest the mercury.

The_Picard_Maneuver ,
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What a bizarre way to try to murder someone. And over a chess game? I know Russians take their chess seriously, but this is insane.

ohwhatfollyisman ,

wait till you hear about their approach to roulette!

homesweethomeMrL ,

I told y’all in 2020 - build a giant fence around there and nobody go in for 100 years. After that we’ll check on ‘em. But nooooo “it’s too expensive” pfffft. And now look - it’s . . . whatever this is!

DoctorButts ,

What an imbecile. Mercury is a planet. It is too large to be hidden anywhere on a chess board

homesweethomeMrL ,

I hear it’s in Gatorade

cdf12345 ,

This comment is an underrated gem.

Bravo sir.

Bocky ,

Gators are too big to fit in the bottles, can’t be that

strawberry ,

not in microwave?

some_guy OP ,

Wrong. Mercury is a god. He’s much too powerful to do the biddings of a puny mortal.

makyo ,

You’re both wrong, it’s a car. I’m pretty crazy about one though.

bdonvr ,

Seeing as mercury fumes are the real danger (you can fairly safely handle elemental mercury, it won’t absorb into the skin) this seems like an exceptionally poor poisoning attempt. Maybe if you put a fan behind you so the fumes only waft into the opponents face…

AshMan85 ,

Sounds Russian.

Gsus4 , (edited )

It’s a product of the state of a country that calls Gary Kasparov a terrorist. chess.com/…/russia-issues-arrest-warrant-for-kasp…

catloaf ,

I’m surprised it actually worked. Liquid mercury isn’t really that harmful, it’s the vapors that get you. I’d be concerned about it affecting me too, since I’d also be sitting at the board.

TheBigBrother ,

Kamikaze poisoning… people at both sides will be suspects, seems like a good plan.

TriflingToad ,

ever watched the princess bride?

KazuyaDarklight ,
@KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world avatar

Filters shoved deep in the nostrils maybe?

stoly ,

I’m no chemist but understand the liquid mercury is safe to handle for short periods provided you wash your hands well. It can absorb through your skin over time though.

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

It just says attempted poisoning so I’m not even sure it did actually work.

TheBigBrother ,

If chess players do this, what do you think Russian secret service it’s capable of?

originalucifer ,
@originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com avatar

this was a death in paradise episode!

s11e08

breadsmasher ,
@breadsmasher@lemmy.world avatar

russians prove they can’t win anything legitimately

morphballganon ,

Is it a first?

Or is it the first time they got caught?

Johnmannesca ,
@Johnmannesca@lemmy.world avatar

Yes

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