Russian chess player Amina Abakarova attempted to poison her opponent Umaiganat Osmanova at a chess tournament in the Russian republic of Dagestan.
Abakarova approached her opponent’s table before the start of the match and spilled mercury near the chessboard.
“Amina Abakarova was immediately banned from the Dagestan championship and faces lifelong disqualification, dismissal from work and criminal prosecution,” the president of the Dagestan Chess Federation, Saszhi Sazhidov, told the official Russian news agency TASS.
She explained that the rival chess player’s life is not in danger, since after being taken to the hospital the doctors gave her the appropriate medication and sent her home.
It is worth noting that the Russian Chess Federation (RCF) is considering disqualifying the North Caucasus Federal District champion Amina Abakarova for life in this case.
