Russian chess player Daniil Dubov refuses to play a game with a mask and loses without playing | Other Sports | sports

The Russian Grand Master Daniil Dubov, one of the assistants of the world chess champion, the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, in the last World Cup, has refused to play his game of the seventh round of the Tata Steel Master tournament, which is played with a mask. in Wijk Aan Zee (Netherlands), against the Dutchman Anish Giri, and the organizers have given it up for lost.

“Daniil Dubov will not play the seventh round today. Due to a contagion of covid in its close circle, the organization, after consulting with the main referee, He has asked him to play with a mask to protect his rival, Anish Giri. Dubov has not shown up for the game, which means he loses by forfeit”, announced the organizers of the tournament, considered the Roland Garros of chess.

According to the organizers’ statement, “Dubov He has explained that he refused to play with a mask as a matter of principle”.

The Russian Grand Master It was negative in a rapid test and has also undergone a PCR test, the results of which will be known in the next few hours., add the organizers.

According The Country Newspaper of Spain, the regulations do not oblige players to use the mask during games. Only one of the fourteen in the main tournament, 16-year-old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa of India, wears it at all times.

If the pending PCR result is negative, Dubov will be able to play tomorrow, without a mask. If it is positive, you will be eliminated from the tournament.

After six of the thirteen rounds, Carlsen occupies the first position tied on 4 points with the Indian Santosh Vidit and the Azerbaijani Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. The tournament, in which Carlsen is bidding for an eighth title, will end on January 30. (I)