The Tata Steel Chess Tournament was embroiled in controversy when Uzbekistani Grandmaster Nodirbek Abdusattorov refused to shake hands with Indian GM Vaishali Rameshbabu before their match.

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.

Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev's decision not to shake hands with Indian player R Vaishali due to religious reasons caused controversy at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. After the incident went ...

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 ...

Uzbekistan's Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev triggered a huge controversy after deciding to snub a handshake offer by Indian chess star Vaishali, who is also the sister of R Praggnanandhaa.

Ahead of their game at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Nodirbek Yakubboev declined the customary handshake offer from Indian grandmaster Vaishali Rameshbabu. Vaishali Rameshbabu fell victim to ...

It’s not often that a sport like chess is mired in religious controversies. But the ongoing the Tata Steel chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands witnessed something remarkable.

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 ...

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa scored a finely-crafted victory over compatriot Arjun Erigaisi to share the lead with Uzbek Nodirbek Abdusattorov after the third round of the Tata Steel Chess ...

She’d actually cut off her toes to fit the shoe.” This dark spin on the classic lore was the first step of Blichfeldt’s “The Ugly Stepsister,” which is debuting at Sundance on Thursday ...

PARK CITY, UTAH Jan. 24 (UPI) --The Ugly Stepsister, which premiered Thursday at the Sundance Film Festival, embraces the darkness of the original Cinderella fairy tale. The Norwegian film ramps ...

It's a pesky downside to the tech-driven world we live in: The more gadgets we own, the more unsightly power cords we have dangling, tangling and winding around our homes. If only there were an easy ...