Wijk Aan Zee: World champion D Gukesh defeated Dutch Grandmaster Max Warmerdam to stay in sole lead on 7.5 points at the end ...

Uzbekistan's Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev did shake hands with another Indian GM Divya Deshmukh in 2023 but refused to do ...

D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa, who were also present at the venue, were in action in their matches, at the same time as Deshmukh's match. The two Indian Grandmasters were also spotted pausing when Oro ...

Susan Polgar spoke about the no-handshake incident, criticising Nodirbek Yakubboev for refusing to shake hands with India's ...

Divya Deshmukh. Known as the ‘Messi of Chess’ Faustino hails from Argentina - same as legendary Lionel Messi - and became the youngest IM in 2024 when he was just 10 years, eight months and 16 ...

Arjun Erigaisi's struggles continued with a loss to Max Warmerdam. In the Challengers section, Divya Deshmukh fell to Miaoyi Lu while Vaishali Rameshbabu drew against Arthur Pijpers. A critical ...

Nodirbek Yakubboev issued an apology to Vaishali Rameshbabu for ignoring her handshake, but explained that it was due to his religion.

Alexey Sarana scored the day's only decisive victory. In the Challengers section, Vaishali Rameshbabu secured a draw, but Divya Deshmukh suffered a defeat. It was Erigaisi’s third draw of the ...

In Round 10 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025, Gukesh Dommaraju retained his lead, defeating Max Warmerdam.

Then he stated that ‘chess is not haram’, and pointed out that he had shaken Divya Deshmukh’s hand in 2023, which was wrong of him. He also revealed that for his game against Irina Bulmaga ...

D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa are currently competing at the Tata Chess Masters, the same tournament where Indian IM Divya ...