"The robot broke the child's finger - this, of course, is bad," said Moscow Chess Federation president Sergey Lazarev. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

A chess-playing robot grabbed and broke the finger of its 7-year-old opponent at a Moscow chess tournament. The incident occurred on July 19 after the young player moved too quickly in violation of ...

A Russian robot trained to play chess fractured a seven-year-old opponent's finger during the Moscow Chess Open tournament. This immediately conjures up concerns that the robot uprising has begun and ...

Less “checkmate,” more “check your finger to see if it’s still intact, buddy.” A robot chess player went outside the usual rules of the game recently when it made a move that shocked onlookers and ...

Depending on where you get your online content, this world is doomed and nothing ever happens that is not yet another step in that direction. This incident can also be interpreted this way, but it ...

Beware of chess-playing robots that don’t take kindly to sudden moves. News outlets are reporting that a robot broke the finger of a 7-year-old boy at a Moscow chess competition earlier this month.

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