Vulgarity, degradation of modern chess: Kramnik on Hikaru tossing Gukesh's king into crowd
After American chess Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura threw world chess champion Gukesh D's king into crowd after defeating him in an exhibition match, Russian Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik wrote on X, "It's not just vulgarity, but already a diagnosis of degradation of the modern chess." After a fan pointed out to Kramnik that it was pre-planned, Kramnik wrote, "Even worse if planned."