There’s been an unusual incident in Moscow, with a robot grabbing and then breaking the finger of a child during a chess tournament.
While chess isn’t typically considered a physically dangerous pastime, the incident at a Russian competition is proving the opposite.
the child at the Moscow Open when it took one of the boy’s pieces.
The child reportedly reached for the board before the robot’s move was over, causing the artificial assailant to pinch his finger for multiple seconds until a group of adults freed him from the bionic grasp.
A spokesman for the Federation of Russian Chess has blamed the child, saying the child apparently violated safety rules.
“There are certain safety rules and the child, apparently, violated them,” the vice president of the Federation of Russian Chess said, noting that the incident was rare.
“When he made his move, he did not realize he first had to wait.”
They maintain the robot is entirely safe, but acknowledge the child’s injury.
“The robot broke the child’s finger. This is of course bad.”
vice president of the Federation of Russian Chess
