Makes chess look like a sporting event: Carlsen's coach on Hikaru's king toss
Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen's coach, Peter Heine Nielsen, reacted to Hikaru Nakamura throwing Gukesh D's king after winning an exhibition match. "There are a lot of things elderly conservative chess-guys like myself find hard to accept," he stated, adding, "But...this makes chess look like a sporting event." Meanwhile, popular streamer Levy Rozman said that the gesture was pre-planned.