Ukrainian grandmaster Vasyl Ivanchuk drew attention on social media by sitting down at the chessboard wearing a Trabzonspor jersey at the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
The 57-year-old grandmaster had previously defeated names like Kasparov and Carlsen and won World Rapid and Blitz Chess championships. Journalist Özgür Hasan Altunca stated that Ivanchuk knows Turkish and that this image is an important promotion for the burgundy-blue jersey.