Once again, 105 comments and nothing about the actual article and it’s information. Plenty of xenophobic comments against a population of a country (like the U.S. government is that great, so therefor I must be exactly like my political leaders). The Chess players had already competed against each other and the other player who was poisoned won by a default with a tie. There’s some other reporting about a confrontation between the two and they’ve known each other for years apparently.
Chessbase said the dispute was over a recent match between the two in which “both chess players scored the same number of points, but the victory was awarded to Osmanova, based on additional factors.”
Another Telegram channel says that the issue was about negative statements made by Osmanova about Abakarova and her family members.
One Russian news outlet said that the two had known each other for years but had recently fought. In this version of the story, Abakarova showed up to one recent match with a phone, which is against the rules. Osmanova was upset but did not tell the judges. “She should have been grateful to me that I didn’t make a fuss and forgave her,” Osmanova said. “Instead, Amina refused to shake my hand during the competition last week.”
Definitely not ok either way and I hope that they get a sentencing that matches the crime. This is just a bitter crazy person it seems and has nothing to do about poisoning to win a match. Love the disconnect on the sports world and rampant cheating like it doesn’t exist everywhere lol.
edit: some grammar
…guy fucking lemms.
What an imbecile. Mercury is a planet. It is too large to be hidden anywhere on a chess board
I hear it’s in Gatorade
Gators are too big to fit in the bottles, can’t be that
This comment is an underrated gem.
Bravo sir.
not in microwave?
Wrong. Mercury is a god. He’s much too powerful to do the biddings of a puny mortal.
You’re both wrong, it’s a car. I’m pretty crazy about one though.
You all were close but, still wrong. Marie Curie was a scientist.
And that scientists name? Albert Einstein.
You’re also wrong. He’s a singer known as Freddie. And I don’t know what kind of necromancy was used to get him on a chess board.
what kind of necromancy
This whole thread is a clue about that.
The necromancers used myrrh & curry.
Your wrong about that
She used mer-curry which she got from mer-people
It’s a mer-people specialty
Is mer-curry really worth all the murmaider?
(Prob yes)
Marc Anthony is a singer/songwriter, pfffff.
Furthermore, you can’t poison a chess board. It’s only poisonous if it kills you when you eat it. That chess board is venomous.
Should have used polonium instead, like the dear leader
Sounds pretty Russian
Actually that’s allowed, google en poissant.
Holy nightshade!
Actual Russian.
Googling “en poissant” yields “en passant” as a suggested term.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_passant
En poissant = in sticking En passant = in passing En poissant = in fish
Je suis hereux d’apprendre quelques psuedo-homonymes en francais ce jour!
Merci!
Merci à vous! I do not know French, and my comment was a pun on “en passant” using the word “poison”, but I appreciate the free lesson!
Vous etes remerci. “You’re welcome” is literally “you are rewelcome”. :)
WOOOSHHH
Is the sound the pun made as it just whizzed by you.
If chess players do this, what do you think Russian secret service it’s capable of?
Oooo, I heard putin like chess? Maybe he could play next?
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.
*she
ah, so it was another misunderstanding, then. she was taught that the queen can do absolutely anything on the chess board and proceeded accordingly.
It took me way too long to realize this was supposed to be a joke because Hg is the chemical symbol for Mercury. Such an easy thing to mishear.
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!
We could have had Australia 2!
This opening move is called “The Russian Statesman”. Very traditional.
‘traditional russian values’ on display for all to see
she cute
I don’t get this, mercury will absorb into the skin but it’s not lethal unless you’re exposed to a constant amount over time
Evidently, she didn’t understand that dimethylmercury is not the same thing as elemental mercury.
What’s the difference? (So I don’t embarass myself at my next chess tournament.)
Intercepted message:
No no no no no no.
You throw the board out of the window.
The opponent goes “Oh no! My board!” and runs after it.
You have failed the basic training, agent.
Self defenstration! Genius.
At least they didn’t “fall out the window.”
