Wait A Minute, Mate! Chess Robot Breaks 7-Year-Old Opponent's Finger

A chess-playing robot last week appeared to rather pointedly break the finger of its opponent: a 7-year-old boy. The startling attack occurred during a game in the Moscow Open and involved one of the top 30 child chess players in Russia, The Guardian reported. Chess officials claimed the robot reacted to a sudden movement and blamed the boy for violating safety protocol by acting like a child. But they did admit it was very "bad" of the robot. "There are certain safety rules, and the child, apparently, violated them. When he made his move, he did not realize he first had to wait," Sergey Smagin, vice-president of the Russian Chess Federation, told Russian media.