Conspiracy to murder by cheating is common in everyday life. But does it happen in sports as well? You might say that it happens only in movies. But recently a similar case has come to light in the world of sports, the story of which seems like an episode of a crime series. In this case, a female Russian chess champion has been arrested on charges of poisoning her opponent’s female player by applying lethal mercury to her pieces.
This matter was personal
Beautiful Amina Abkarova was caught on CCTV pouring deadly liquid onto the chess board of childhood rival Umayganat Usmanova. Abkarova, 43, said she was forced to launch a chemical attack on Usmanova to avenge a personal insult. The deceptive Russian has been arrested and faces up to three years in prison if convicted.
what was seen in the camera,
Security footage captured the moment Abkarova prepared to poison her opponent before the start of a chess tournament in Makhachkala, southern Russia, on Friday. In the footage, she walks to Usmanova’s table before taking a vial-like object out of her bag and pouring it onto her opponent’s board and then pouring the substance onto her own board as well as onto some of her own pieces.
Drama in the spirit of the novel by Agatha Christie has unfolded over the championship in chess in the Russian republic, report propagandist Telegram-channels. Amina Abakarova came up to the table before the start of the tournament and poured her mouth near the chess table pic.twitter.com/hpJnJmKHHM
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