Uzbek grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev declines handshake with India’s Vaishali, apologises later: ‘I do not touch…’
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 viral on social media, Vaishali can be seen extending her hand before the start of a fourth-round contest against Yakubboev, who sat down without…