Hikaru Nakamura's controversial act of throwing Gukesh Dommaraju's king piece into the crowd during an exhibition match has divided the chess community. While some, like Magnus Carlsen's coach Peter ...

World number two Haikaru Nakamura sparked massive controversy after throwing D Gukesh's king into the crowd after defeating the Indian GM in an exhibition event in Texas.

Hikaru Nakamura caused a massive outrage after he threw D Gukesh’s king into the crowd after beating him at the Checkmate: USA vs India event.

After putting up a fierce fight against the American Grandmaster, Gukesh watched helplessly as Nakamura picked up a chess piece and flung it towards the audience applauding USA's victory over India.