Russian chess champion caught poisoning childhood rival with mercury

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Russian chess champion caught poisoning childhood rival with mercury

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/russia-chess-poison-mercury-video-b2593186.html

She now faces a lifetime ban

Russian chess champion caught poisoning childhood rival with mercury

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.