Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura complains about the lack of proper coof testing at Chess tournament, is tested positive mere hours later and is forced to exit the tournament.

Nakamura is a Grandmaster and dramanaut who found great success on Twitch and Youtube. He's a bit of a dramanaut so naturally he has a large amount of haters and fanboys. He's very good at chess when played using the faster time formats (called Rapid, Blitz and Bullet, with each format progressively getting faster) so this is what he specializes in mostly. There is currently a World Chess Tournament going on (in Poland) which is played with two of these faster time formats, with many heavyweights attending including the classical chess world champion Magnus Carlsen. The chess-equivalent of FIFA is called FIDE, the governing body which organizes the tournaments and is also responsible for awarding prestigious titles such as Grandmaster.

Nakamura complaining about the lack of proper coof testing:

Meanwhile...FIDE cannot setup private COVID testing for the hundreds of participants in the event, and everyone is stuck in a mile long line at a public testing facility. Hopefully nobody forfeits their 1st game today or misses a flight tomorrow.

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Moments later he announces that he has tested positive for the coof:

Wasn't feeling well before the Rapid, told @FIDE_chess, got tested - was neg and I played. Needed to take a test today to fly tomorrow - it's positive. I cannot finish the tournament and now am worried for all my opponents. Will be seeing you on stream doing commentary, I guess.

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The best part is that this tournament is being played in Poland, so he's likely stuck there for weeks depending on Polish flight regulations regarding the coof. He also traveled around with many other Grandmasters at the tournament while feeling sick , including Magnus Carlsen I believe (not sure about this one though). I don't know if he's gigavaxxed, but he probably is because I'd imagine it's a mandatory requirement in order to be able to enter tournaments. Then again he's Nakamura so it wouldn't surprise me if he wasn't.