Chess robot breaks 7-year-old opponent’s finger at Moscow tournament

A chess-playing robotic grabbed the finger of its 7-year-old opponent and broke it throughout final week’s Moscow Chess Open event, Russian media reported Monday.

“The robotic broke the kid’s finger,” Sergei Lazarev, President of the Moscow Chess Federation, informed the Russian TASS company. “In fact, that is dangerous.”

A video shared on social media exhibits the robotic taking one of many boy’s items, after which grabbing his finger as he makes an attempt to make a transfer. 4 adults then rush in, struggling to free the boy earlier than main him away from the chessboard.

Lazarev stated the chess federation had rented the robotic and that it had appeared in lots of earlier occasions with out incident.

He stated the boy was in a position to play once more the subsequent day and completed the event along with his finger in a forged.