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breadsmasher ,
@breadsmasher@lemmy.world avatar

russians prove they can’t win anything legitimately

circuscritic ,

…this was a regional tournament, in the Caucasus Republic of Dagestan.

So calling them Russian is technically accurate, but really they are a brutalized and subjugated colonial subject of Russia.

Also, you’ll find this kind of crazy anywhere you go. She literally just dumped mercury around her opponents chess board when she thought no one was around to notice.

I get why it’s catching headlines, but give me a break. It’s just crazy being crazy.

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.

perslue ,

You all were close but, still wrong. Marie Curie was a scientist.

wildncrazyguy138 ,

And that scientists name? Albert Einstein.

morphballganon ,

Is it a first?

Or is it the first time they got caught?

Johnmannesca ,
@Johnmannesca@lemmy.world avatar

Yes

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?

The_Picard_Maneuver ,
@The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world avatar

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!

the_post_of_tom_joad ,

Ok, this was really good

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…

originalucifer ,
@originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com avatar

this was a death in paradise episode!

s11e08

Moonrise2473 ,

Lol just learned about that series. 100+ murders in the span of a few years in a remote Island with 10k population? Sounds plausible

originalucifer ,
@originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com avatar

haha yeah, the murder rate is a bit steep. as someone else said who had pointed it out to me on lemmy, its like comfort food. you kinda know what youre getting, but the characters are well written.

HubertManne ,

this type of stuff I will never get. why are you in a competition if you don't want to do the thing you competing in to win. join an assasin competition.

Wogi ,

they HAVE those???

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!

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

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.

floofloof ,

How would it have poisoned just his rival and not also him?

Don’t know, but both players were women.

mightyfoolish ,

Suicide chess player?

general_kitten , (edited )

Organic mercury compounds can look like water and absorb quickly through skin, they can be potent enough for just a drop on your skin being deadly, even if you have gloves as it can penetrate quickly through many different rubbers. Metallic doesn’t kill you even if you ate it*. With metallic mercury highest risk is vapours but unless you heat it it will only become a problem in poorly ventalated areas.

*assuming you have no open wounds on your digestive tract and minor chronic damage might be still caused depending on amount and frequency.

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…

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necromancyr ,

“I learned it by watching you, Vlad!”

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.

HomerianSymphony ,

*she

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