Chess-Playing Robot Breaks 7-Year-Old’s Finger

Chess requires patient intellectual effort, calm concentration, and strategic thought. Usually, violence is not a component. This was not the case, however, when a chess-playing robot broke a 7-year-old's finger.

During a game last week in Russia, a chess robot fractured a 7-year-old boy's finger.

A video of the event that was shared on social media depicts the robot playing the young victim while it is engaged in three bouts against different opponents at once. In an attempt to move one of his pieces, the child reaches out, but the robot snatches his finger. However, after clutching the finger, the robot did not appear to twist violently or make any additional movements.

Shortly after the accident, many adults barged in and released the boy's hand.

After the event, Sergey Lazarev, president of the Moscow Chess Federation, informed the TASS news agency that "The robot broke the ...

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