FIDE reacted to the scandal with the refusal to shake hands with coach Karyakin
The FIDE Ethics Commission, which is an independent body, may impose sanctions on a chess player who has not shaken hands with his opponent.
A handshake is not considered mandatory for chess players, and refusing it does not entail any sanctions or automatic loss, the press service of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) told RBC Sport.
At the same time, FIDE notes that their ethics commission, which is an independent body, may impose sanctions on a chess player who has not shaken his hand with his opponent. "This can only happen if the opponent who was refused to shake hands demands it from the ethics commission. In the situation with Duda - Khismatullin, there were no such statements," FIDE specified.
The day before, the strongest Polish grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda did not shake hands with Russian Denis Khismatullin before the start of the game at the World Cup in Uzbekistan: the Russian approached the board where Duda was sitting, held out his hand, but the latter demonstratively refused to shake her rival.
The reasons for Duda's decision were not reported, but in Poland it was explained by the fact that Khismatullin repeatedly traveled to the combat zone between Russia and Ukraine. The publication also draws attention to the fact that Khismatullin is friends with Sergei Karyakin, whom he also trains.
