Uzbekistan Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev steered clear of another handshake controversy by greeting India’s Divya Deshmukh ...

Nodirbek Yakubboev courted controversy at the Tata Masters when he snubbed the customary handshake from Indian GM Vaishali Rameshbabu.

Uzbek GM Nodirbek Yakubboev greeted Divya Deshmukh with ‘Namaste’ before their third-round game at the Prague Chess ...

Uzbek GM Nodirbek Yakubboev greeted India's Divya Deshmukh with a 'Namaste' before their match in Prague, showing respect and ...

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 ...

Uzbek Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev offered flowers, chocolate and a personal apology to Indian GM R Vaishali after causing quite a stir by refusing to shake hands with her before their game in the ...

Uzbek Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev, after previously apologising to Indian Grandmaster R Vaishali for not shaking hands during a match, met her again with flowers and chocolates to further ...

After refusing to shake hands with Indian GM R Vaishali at the Tata Steel Chess, Uzbek chess Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev met the Indian chess player and apologized for his actions, on Thursday ...

But is there a gender bias even in handshake? Uzbek chess grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev found himself in the eye of storm after refusing handshake with Indian chess player R Vaishali. He then ...

Nodirbek Yakubboev found himself in the eye of storm after refusing handshake with Indian chess player R Vaishali, claiming “religious reasons” for it Customs surrounding handshakes vary from ...