The Tata Steel Chess 2025 tournament became the center of an unexpected controversy when Uzbek Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev refused to shake hands with India’s Vaishali Rameshbabu before their ...

Nodirbek Yakubboev refused to shake hands with R Vaishali during a match at Tata Steel Chess 2025 in January. Image: X screengrab Indian Grandmaster R Vaishali has finally opened up on the handshake ...

During the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, a clip surfaced showing Uzbek Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev refusing to shake hands ...

India’s R Vaishali shared her thoughts on Nodirbek’s handshake controversy. Nordibek later apologised to her with chocolate and flowers.

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Uzbek Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev has publicly apologized to his Indian counterpart, Grandmaster Vaishali Rameshbabu, for refusing to shake her hand before their match at the 2025 Tata Steel ...

I want to wish good luck to both of you.' IMAGE: Uzbek Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev (right) aplogised to Indian GM R Vaishali in person, on the sidelines of the Tata Steel Chess tournament in ...

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 ...

Uzbek Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev personally apologised to India’s R Vaishali following the handshake controversy at Tata Steel Chess 2025. Meeting her in person, Nodirbek offered Vaishali flowers ...

Days after controversy broke out over Nodirbek Yakubboev’s gesture of not shaking Vaishali’s hand before a game at the Tata Steel chess tournament, the Uzbekistan grandmaster met Vaishli, her brother ...

Chess legend Susan Polgar has slammed Nodirbek Yakubboev for the incident at the ongoing Tata Steel chess tournament where the Uzbek grandmaster refused to shake hands with India’s Vaishali Rameshbabu ...

In the video, Nodirbek Yakubboev can be seen apologising to Vaishali Rameshbabu and her brother with a bouquet of flowers, just like a Bollywood movie. Vaishali Rameshbabu fell victim to ...