Last week (19), a chess-playing robot was confused by his opponent’s rapid movements – a seven-year-old boy – broke the child’s finger. Unusual for the specifics of the game, the move took place during a simultaneous match during a tournament in Moscow, Russia.
Shortly after the incident, the head of the Russian capital Chess Federation, Sergey Lazarev, confirmed to the agency. TASS “The robot broke the boy’s finger”. The video, showing the little human chess player’s finger being pinched by the robotic arm, quickly went viral on the channel. Telegraph Bazaar. Within seconds, a woman and three men rescued and took the boy away.
on video BazaarSergey Smagin, Vice-President of the Russian Chess Federation, said:there are certain safety rules and the child has apparently violated them. He didn’t realize that when he took action, he had to wait first.”
What happened to the boy the chess robot attacked?
Lazarev, who named the boy Christopher, Bazaar He said that he is one of the top 30 chess players in the Russian capital in the under-9 category. The boy’s finger was in a cast when the fracture was found, but he didn’t seem all that traumatized from the attack, according to the manager. “I played the next day, finished the tournament and the volunteers helped with the record games”.
However, the child’s parents were not satisfied with the official statements and called the prosecutor’s office. Agency DEA NovostiSmagin assured that the robot was “absolutely safe” and that the unpleasant incident was “just a coincidence”, but said he would “communicate, learn and try to help in any way we can.”
Lazarev was more categorical. For him “robot operators [que foi alugado pela Federação de Xadrez de Moscou]Apparently, will have to consider strengthening protection so that something like this never happens again.”
Source: Tec Mundo
