Athletistic/Chess. Famous former Czech goalkeeper Dominik Hasek expressed his opinion on the decision of Polish grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda to refuse to shake hands with Russian chess player Denis Khismatullin at the World Rapid Chess Championship, which took place took place from December 26 to 30, 2023 in Samarkand (Uzbekistan).

Hasek expressed his support for the decision, believing that refusing to shake the Russian chess player’s hand was a fair gesture.

“The right gesture. But let’s face it, this is not a solution,” Hasek wrote on his social network X page.

The 2023 World Rapid Chess Championship was won by Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, who became champion of this discipline for the fifth time at the Rapid World Championships.

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