D Gukesh faces Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the opening round of the Weissenhaus event on Friday while Magnus Carlsen squares off ...

As the revolutionary Freestyle Chess Grand Slam 2025 gets underway on 7 February, we take a look at the players competing in ...

Uzbek Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev personally apologised to India’s R Vaishali following the handshake controversy at Tata ...

The 23-year-old Uzbekistani Grandmaster later addressed the incident on "X," explaining that his refusal to shake hands with ...

The confusion was regarding the world championship issue and FIDE had issued a waiver to players which stated that they weren’t allowed to participate in a non-recognised world championship. To ease ...

Nodirbek Yakubboev, the Uzbekistani Grandmaster has sparked a controversy after declining Rameshbabu Vaishali's handshake ...

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

This isn't just another chess tournament though, with a public spat between Carlsen and the promoters of the FCGT with FIDE ...

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

Despite the loss, Praggnanandhaa will play tie-break games of shorter duration against Gukesh after the two ended with ...

Hungarian-American GM Susan Polgar criticized Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Yakubboev for refusing to shake hands with Indian GM R Vaishali at the 2025 Tata Steel Chess tournament, citing religious reasons.