Athletistic / Chess. Dagestan Sports Minister Sazhid Sazhidov spoke about the high-profile incident that occurred at the republican chess championship. Earlier it became known that Amina Abakarova, one of the participants in the competition, tried to poison her rival Umainagat Osmanova.

Abakarova put mercury on her opponent’s table. As a result, Osmanova fell ill and was hospitalized.

“A video appeared on the Internet where one of the participants of the Dagestan classical chess championship organized by the Ministry of Physical Culture and Sports of the Republic of Dagestan together with the Chess Federation of the Republic of Dagestan – the repeated winner of these competitions Amina Abakarova from Makhachkala – was treated with an unknown substance, as it turned out later, mercury compounds, the table at which her opponent, the no less titled European champion Umayganat Osmanova from Kaspiysk, was to play.

Dagestan Chess Player Tried to Poison Opponent in Republican Championship

As a result, during the match, Osmanova’s health deteriorated and she needed medical attention. However, no one else was injured. The competition was suspended and resumed a few days later after official permission from the regional office of Rospotrebnadzor. At the moment, the lives of the participants and guests of the competition are not in danger. The Dagestan Championship will close on August 8.

Like many, I am perplexed by what happened, and the motives that guided such an experienced athlete as Amina Abakarova are also incomprehensible to me. The actions she committed could lead to the saddest results: they threatened the lives of everyone in the chess house, including herself. Now she will have to answer for what she did before the law.

At the same time, Amina Abakarova was immediately excluded from participation in the Dagestan Championship, she faces lifelong disqualification, dismissal and criminal prosecution,” the statement said.



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