MOSCOW, Jan 23, Oleg Bogatov. Russian grandmaster Alexander Grischuk stated that I agree with the position of Daniil Dubov, who refused to play the game of the seventh round in a mask at a major competition in Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands). On Saturday, Dubov did not meet the organizers in a request to play a game in a mask, did not come to the game with the Dutchman Anish Giri, a Russian awarded technical defeat. On the official website of the tournament, it was reported that due to the infection of COVID-19 in his immediate environment, the organizers (after consulting with the chief arbiter) asked Dubov to play in a mask. Dubov indicated that he refuses to do this on principle. «I understand that Daniil was not going to make any demarches or drop out of the tournament,» Grischuk said. «He just didn't play one game and that's it. I would have done the same. means that I would be right. In such a situation, everyone decides for himself what is acceptable to him and what is not.» «I think that today Daniil will continue to fight,» added the agency's interlocutor. «.The world champion Norwegian Magnus Carlsen is leading the competition with five points out of seven. Azerbaijani Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is half a point behind, Indian Santosh Vidit, Giri, Hungarian Richard Rapport and Russian Andrey Esipenko have four points each. Dubov (2.5) shares 12th-13th places.
