Who Said that Chess was not Contact Sport?

[taiwan_girl]

Chess robot grabs and brakes kids finger in Moscow.

"A chess-playing robot, apparently failing to anticipate the quick responses of a seven-year-old boy, grabbed and broke his opponent's finger during a match at the Moscow Open. The boy’s finger was pinched by the robotic arm for several seconds before a woman and three men rushed in, eventually freeing him and ushering him away. Sergey Lazarev, president of the Moscow Chess Federation, said the machine had played many previous exhibitions without upset but added that the robot’s suppliers 'are going to have to think again'."

[Horace]

We should wait to hear the robot’s side of the story.

[taiwan_girl]

I did read that he continued the tourament later that afternoon.

He is supposedly one of the top ranked Russian kids in chess in his age group.