Chess is a past time of great thinking, patience and tactics, with players dedicating years and years of practice to master the game they love.

However, in today’s technological advances, robots have been built and designed to play against humans, with further advancements being made.

Now, the machines can play multiple games of chess at once, showing the immense power in technology and AI as we continue through the 21st century.

One Russian child learnt the hard way to take his time whilst playing the game, especially against a robot.

In unsettling scenes, we see the robot grab the seven-year-old by his finger, crushing it and inflicting a break on the unfortunate competitor.

Despite the unfortunate scenes, the Russian authorities have pinned blame on the boy himself for making his move too quickly.

Christopher is one of the best young chess players in Russia, but suffered the horrendous injury whilst competing in the Moscow Open. He required his finger to be put into a plaster cast but was not seriously traumatised, thankfully.

BEVERWIJK, NETHERLANDS - JANUARY 27: A detailed view of the board and pieces including the Queen, King, Knight, Bishop, Rook and Pawn during the 83rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament held in Dorpshuis De Moriaan on January 27, 2021 in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

He was able to finish the tournament the following day, which is great to hear. It would have been even more awful if it crushed his passion for the game.

It’s the first mistake of its kind from the AI, but that’s still one too many. Sergey Lazarev, the President of the Moscow Chess Federation, commented on the mishap, saying: “The robot broke the child’s finger. This is of course bad. The child played the very next day, finished the tournament, and volunteers helped to record the moves.

“[He had] made a move and after that we need to give time for the robot to answer, but the boy hurried and the robot grabbed him.”

He wasn’t the only chess official to speak out, with Sergey Smagin, vice-president of the Russian Chess Federation, pinning the blame on the child: “There are certain safety rules and the child, apparently, violated them. When he made his move, he did not realise he first had to wait. This is an extremely rare case, the first I can recall. It has performed at many opens. Apparently, children need to be warned. It happens.”

The robot took one of the child’s pieces and was dropping it in the box beside him. As the child goes to make an instant response with a move of his own, that’s when the catastrophe struck. It took four adults to jump in and finally free the victim.