No handshake! Uzbek GM stuns India's Harikai with 'Namaste' - Watch

NEW DELHI: A airy and heartwarming infinitesimal grabbed attraction astatine the Grenke Freestyle Open erstwhile Grandmaster (GM) Harika Dronavali extended her manus to resign, but Uzbek GM Nodirbek Yakubboev responded with a polite “Namaste” instead.

Both players smiled and walked away, making it a memorable and respectful exchange.Watch:

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With thousands of participants and a large prize pool, the tourney is 1 of the biggest successful the world, and upcoming rounds are expected to shingle up the leaderboard.This isn’t the archetypal clip Yakubboev avoided a handshake. Earlier, during a crippled against R Vaishali astatine the Wijk Aan Zee Challengers conception past year, helium did the same, which led to confusion. Later, helium met her again with flowers and chocolates to apologise.

"I'm atrocious for what had happened? It was an awkward concern for some of us. I was hurrying that day. It looks similar immoderate misunderstanding. And I privation to privation bully luck for the remaining games for some of you. Just privation to say. I respect you and your member both. Both of you, and each the Indian chess players," Yakubboev said.Vaishali responded kindly: "No, it's intelligibly understandable. I didn't instrumentality it that way, truthful we didn't person to consciousness bad.

You really apologised. It's wholly fine. You don't person to interest astir it."Yakubboev aboriginal explained it was owed to "religious reasons", adding, "I privation to explicate the situation... I bash not interaction different women for spiritual reasons." He emphasized respect, saying, "I respect Vaishali and her member arsenic the strongest chess players successful India. If I person offended her with my behavior, I apologise," and clarified, "I bash what I request to do... It is their concern what to do."