Context: The annual Tata Steel chess tournament is going on. It's generally the first big event of the year, and consists of two invitational tournaments (the Masters section, consisting of top players, and the Challengers section, consisting of younger up-and-coming players) as well as multiple tournaments for amateurs. This incident occurred in the challengers section, between Uzbek grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev and Indian grandmaster Vaishali Rameshbabu. When Yakubboev arrived at the board, his opponent extended her hand to shake (you do this before a chess game). Instead of shaking her hand, however, Yakubboev seemingly declined with a hand gesture and sat down. He also didn't offer his hand when he resigned at the end of the game (there's videos in the reddit post).
some random threads with lots of downkongs:
plot twist: this might have been regular autism 
on Yakubboev's part, and not religious 
autism. A couple people posted a video of him shaking hands with another female player at a different tournament (
update: He responded on twitter.
https://xcancel.com/NodirbekYakubb1/status/1883623565314101651#m
/r/chess reacts:
https://old.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/1iasbhn/nodirbek_yakubboev_responded_on_the_handshake/
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How dare you not touch women don't you know you are an evil heckin misogynist if you don't touch women!
How dare you touch that women don't you know you are an evil heckin misogynist if you touch women!
It's all about consent!!!
If she consents too being touched but you don't touch her that is an international news controversy now. It's not about consent. They will never respect a man's consent too not be touched. They hate men. It is visible in their actions and reactions for the exact same behavior coming from a man or a woman resulting in completely different responses.
@Salvadore_Ally_Chud love sucking peepee except for mutilated circumcised peepee.
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