Chess Champion Allegedly Attempts To Poison Rival
A Russian chess champion allegedly attempted to poison her rival! It supposedly stemmed over the other bad-mouthing her family–and it was all caught on camera.
Clearly, the chess world is much more competitive than we though! You wouldn’t think the sophisticated game would become a matter of life and death but here we are. Now, she’s potentially facing up to 3 years in prison for it if she’s convicted!
Chess Champion Allegedly Attempts To Poison Rival
First, there was the vibrating sex toy scandal in chess where chess grandmaster Hans Niemann was accused of using a vibrating sex toy in his butt to cheat. Now, we’re talking about a chess champion who allegedly tried to poison her rival? I never would have expected chess to be this competitive and crazy!
Security camera footage appears to show Amina Abakarova, 40, sneaking into the tournament room at the Dagestan Chess Championship in Makhachkala, Russia. In the video, she can be seen checking if the coast is clear and then casually walking through the room before stopping and removing something from her bag. That’s when she’s spotted pouring a substance across the table and onto the chessboard and even rubs it on several pieces before exiting the room.
According to The New York Post, her target, 30-year-old Umayganat Osmanova sat at the spot where she spread the substance and even ended up falling ill during her match. Clearly, something was off and a judge reported her suspicious illness to police who ended up checking out the surveillance tapes, per The New York Post. It’s reported that she told police she had broken a thermometer over the table and spread mercury on the board, per The New York Post. Mercury! That can be deadly and toxic to the central and peripheral nervous systems.
Local Minister of Sport Sazhida Sazhidova says, “I am perplexed by what happened, and the motives of such an experienced competitor as Amina Abakarova are incomprehensible. The actions she took could have led to a most tragic outcome, threatening the lives of everyone who was present, including herself.,” via The New York Post. Now, she’s facing up to 3 years in prison if she’s convicted, and it’s not any prison. Remember this is a Russian prison. I feel like that’s worth pointing out here. To make things worse, The New York Post reports that she’s a chess coach at a local school! That’s probably not the strategy you want to be teaching kids. Sounds like they may have a new coach soon.
5 of the Craziest Cringeworthy Crimes Ever Committed
While committing crimes may seem black and white (you either broke the law or you didn’t), there are certainly some crimes that are dumber than others. Sometimes it’s the crime itself that’s wild, other times, it’s the people committing said crimes. These are 5 of the craziest, cringeworthy crimes ever committed.
Crimes can happen anywhere, anytime, to anyone. However, it takes a very unique individual, a case study if you will, to commit some of these outrageously dumb crimes. Years ago, these criminals would have been featured on Spike TV or one of those America’s Dumbest Criminal shows. Today, I’m not sure if those shows are around…and I’m certain Spike TV isn’t around anymore. That’s a story for another time.
Someone being arrested. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Craziest Crimes
Crimes can happen for a number of reasons. They may happen out of necessity. They could also happen on accident. These crimes, however, do not fall into those categories. These crimes are different. None of these would accidentally happen. They also aren’t a matter of life or death. There’s no ethics quiz here, or any matters of ‘would you steal bread to support your family?’ These crimes, and criminals, aren’t straight up cringeworthy.
While all of these crimes are crazy and certainly cringeworthy, they also make for excellent conversation pieces. That’s why I’ve gone and found five examples of the wildest stories that Dave and Chuck the Freak have talked about and made a list highlighting the best of the best. Let’s be honest…what’s better than reading a story about one of the craziest crimes ever committed? Or, watching Dave and Chuck the Freak talk about some of the dumbest crimes ever committed? Personally, I’m going with the funny storytellers.
They add their own two cents and perspectives on these stories that nobody else could provide. Not even those talking heads on the dumbest criminal shows. Am I the only one who remembers those? I feel like they were a staple on TruTV or VH1, but now all I can find on TruTV is Impractical Jokers, which is awesome but…you get it. Let’s not delay! Here’s the list!
5 of the Dumbest Crimes Ever Committed
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