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 ...

Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Yakubboev was recently defeated by Indian Grandmaster Rameshbabu Vaishali. Yakubboev and Vaishali had locked horns in the Challengers section of the 2025 Tata Steel Chess ...

Uzbekistan's Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev has found himself at the centre of controversy after declining a handshake offered by Indian ... Uzbekistan's Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev has found ...

Uzbekistan's Nodirbek Yakubboev refused to shake hands with R Vaishali at Tata Steel Chess tournament due to religious beliefs. Image: X screengrab Indian grandmaster Rameshbabu Vaishali recently ...

Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev stirred up controversy at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament after he refused to shake hands with India's Grandmaster R Vaishali. In a clip of the incident that went ...

Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev's decision not to shake hands with Indian player R Vaishali due to religious reasons caused controversy at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. After the incident went ...

Ahead of their game at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Nodirbek Yakubboev declined the customary handshake offer from Indian grandmaster Vaishali Rameshbabu. Vaishali Rameshbabu fell victim to ...

Uzbek Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev on Sunday refused to shake hands with Indian GM R. Vaishali before their fourth-round match in the Challengers section of the Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk ...

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 ...