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In world first, Russian chess player poisons rival's board with mercury

22 pointsby notamy9 months ago

6 comments

ofalkaed9 months ago
So, did the board survive? No mention of it in the article.<p>Got to wonder about headlines like this, seems the standard these days is get as close to a clickbait title as you can without crossing the line. The inclusion of &quot;Russian&quot; especially has weird implications, is this something that is actually very common in other nationalities which Russia had stood strong against up until now? I find the headline far more interesting than the article which really does not add much in the way of information or clear up all the ambiguities implied by the headline.
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worstspotgain9 months ago
Love the subtitle: &quot;At least it wasn&#x27;t Novichok.&quot;
wumeow9 months ago
It seems like this was an attempt to hurt him cognitively and make him worse at chess. He was lucky it wasn&#x27;t organic mercury.
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Optimal_Persona9 months ago
And it&#x27;s not quite as obvious as setting up the chessboard on a windowsill...
hcfman9 months ago
I had a lot of mercury as a kid and played with it a lot without realizing it was poisonous. I&#x27;m sure I breathed in a lot of mercury fumes. I can&#x27;t recall having any symptoms of anything.
Havoc9 months ago
Russia sure excels at making friends &#x2F;s
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