Uzbek Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev offered flowers, chocolate and a personal apology to Indian GM R Vaishali after causing ...

Controversy at Tata Steel Chess Tournament as Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev refuses handshake with Indian GM for religious ...

Uzbekistan Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev tendered an in-person apology or R Vaishali on Thursday, January 30. In a video he ...

Yakubboev met Vaishali, who was accompanied by her younger brother GM R Praggnanandhaa and mother Nagalakshmi, on the ...

Islamic practices in Uzbekistan, after enduring seven decades of Soviet-imposed atheism, are now being increasingly adopted ...

Yakubboev drew criticism for his statements and after his personal apology to Vaishali, he also met Divya Deshmukh with ...

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 ...

R. Vaishali, Indian GM and sister of chess star R. Praggnanandhaa was left in an awkward situation when Uzbekistan GM ...

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

Yakubboev, who became a Grandmaster in 2019, later clarified the situation through a statement on 'X', explaining that his ...