Uzbek Chess GM Refuses Handshake With Indian GM, Triggers Row |First Sports With Rupha Ramani | N18G Uzbekistan's chess ...

The 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam began at Weissenhaus, Germany, featuring a rapid event to decide eight knockout ...

World Champion D Gukesh managed to scrape through to the quarter-finals of the Weissenhaus event of the Freestyle Chess Grand ...

Once the short video went viral, Yakubboev posted a lengthy response on 'X' saying, he had all the respect for Vaishali and ...

Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev caused a stir at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament by not shaking hands with Indian GM R ...

Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev's decision not to shake hands with Indian player R Vaishali due to religious reasons caused ...

Uzbekistan's Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev did shake hands with another Indian GM Divya Deshmukh in 2023 but refused to do ...

Susan Polgar spoke about the no-handshake incident, criticising Nodirbek Yakubboev for refusing to shake hands with India's ...

The Tata Steel Chess 2025 tournament has been thrust into an unexpected controversy after Uzbek Grandmaster (GM) Nodirbek Yakubboev declined to shake hands with Indian GM Vaishali Rameshbabu during th ...

German Grandmaster Elisabeth Paehtz strongly criticized Uzbek GM Nodirbek Yakubboev’s actions during the Round 4 Tata Steel ...

Uzbek Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev on Sunday refused to shake hands with Indian GM R. Vaishali before their fourth-round ...

The 14th game also became iconic due to Gukesh’s reaction, when he spotted Liren’s blunder at the end-game. It was of pure ...