New Delhi: A chess-playing robot broke a seven-year-old boy’s finger during the Moscow Chess Open tournament on July 19. According to a report by Newsweek, the Vice President of the Chess Federation of Russia, Sergey Smagin, told that the robot broke the boy’s finger when the seven-year-old went for a quick move without waiting for the necessary time for the machine to complete its action.
A video of this shocking incident is floating on the internet. The video shows the boy, playing with white pieces, making a move, before the robot has completed making its. Just after this, the boy seems to have his finger trapped by the machine’s arm. However, the people standing there intervene and save the boy from the hold of the robot.
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On video – a chess robot breaks a kid’s finger at Moscow Chess Open today. pic.twitter.com/bIGIbHztar
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The boy is identified as Christopher and is one of the strongest under-9 chess players in Moscow, Russia. He is said to have fractured and scratched his finger. A plaster cast was put on his finger to heal faster.
GM Sergey Smagin told that it was a rare incident and the boy is alright as he continued the game with a plaster cast and also attended the award ceremony. He added that the child violated certain safety rules as he made a move, but did not notice that he had to wait. According to the Russian media outlet, RT, the child’s parents decided to contact the Moscow prosecutor’s office regarding the case. But the officials have stated that the Chess Federation of Russia (CFR) will sort out the matter and try to help in whichever way they can.
