some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to World News@lemmy.world · 5 months agoIn world first, Russian chess player poisons rival’s board with mercuryarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square145fedilinkarrow-up1831arrow-down114
arrow-up1817arrow-down1external-linkIn world first, Russian chess player poisons rival’s board with mercuryarstechnica.comsome_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to World News@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square145fedilink
minus-squareohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·5 months agoit was all a result of a misunderstanding. his coach told him to focus on the H, G files of the chessboard and he heard that as something else.
minus-squareohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·5 months agoah, so it was another misunderstanding, then. she was taught that the queen can do absolutely anything on the chess board and proceeded accordingly.
minus-squareIzzyScissor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agoIt took me way too long to realize this was supposed to be a joke because Hg is the chemical symbol for Mercury. Such an easy thing to mishear.
it was all a result of a misunderstanding. his coach told him to focus on the H, G files of the chessboard and he heard that as something else.
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ah, so it was another misunderstanding, then. she was taught that the queen can do absolutely anything on the chess board and proceeded accordingly.
It took me way too long to realize this was supposed to be a joke because Hg is the chemical symbol for Mercury. Such an easy thing to mishear.