Chess player allegedly tried to poison rival by smearing mercury on chess board (video)

This is a strange story. The victim started feeling poorly 30 minutes in.
But if a thermomenter of mercury was emptied onto the board, wouldnt it likely pool in a corner? Did she become aware of it, sort of “what is this stuff?” It’d look like a little liquid metal terminator, wouldnt it?
Ran a finger in it, realized it was mercury?
Details we will probably never know.

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