The 23-year-old Uzbekistani Grand Master Nodirbek Yakubboev has grabbed eyeballs for all the wrong reasons. Yakubboev turned down Indian Grandmaster Rameshbabu Vaishali's handshake during the the ...
The India No. 1 pulled off a Houdini act to draw his round 6 game of the Tata Steel Masters against Uzbek star Nodirbek Abdusattorov from the brink of a first defeat since becoming World Chess ...
Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev’s refusal to shake hands with Indian GM R Vaishali stirred up a controversy at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament before the Uzbek apologised, saying that he meant no ...