At the world championship World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship, Polish chess player Jan-Krzysztof Duda refused to shake hands with to shake hands with Russian player Denis Khismatullin before the game. The behavior of the 25-year-old grandmaster from Poland was not accidental, as the Russian is an ardent supporter of the Kremlin dictator Putin.
This was reported by Gazeta Wyborcza, reports UNN.
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During the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships recently held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Polish grandmaster Jan Krzysztof Duda, before his match with Russian Denis Khismatullin, refused to greet his opponent with the traditional chess handshake handshake.
When Janek was going to play a game with Denis Khismatullin, we decided together that he would not shake hands with someone who openly supports the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Chess player from Russia Denis Khismatullin has been an international grandmaster since 2004 and a grandmaster of Russia since 24 February 2011. But he is also known for his support of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian aggression in Ukraine.
It should be noted that the Russian participant of the World Chess Championship could have informed the judges about about the violation of the rules, but did not do so. The game eventually ended in a in a draw.
Recall
By the decision of the third Council of FIDE, the title of international grandmaster was awarded to a 14-year-old player of the Kyiv Ihor Samunenkov, a 14-year-old player of the Kyiv Regional Chess Federation. The boy fulfilled 3 normsof the of an international grandmaster.