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Checkmate! Angry chess player throws rival out of the window

Published: 24 April, 2009, 10:45


The court in the Russian Republic of Udmurtia has sentenced to a man, who was so upset to lose a chess match that he threw his opponent out of the window, to six years in prison, Infox.ru reports.

 
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