Magnus Carlsen 's coach Peter Heine Nielsen has defended Hikaru Nakamura's controversial action of throwing World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju's king piece into the crowd. The incident occurred during an exhibition match called Checkmate: USA vs India in Arlington, Texas. Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik and FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky were among those who criticized Nakamura's gesture after his victory against Gukesh. Nielsen responded to a video of the incident with support for Nakamura's actions: "There are a lot of things elderly conservative chess-guys like myself find hard to accept. But at least we should agree this makes chess look like a sporting event. Spectators at the venue who care. Teammates who act like teammates in a sport. Players celebrating when they win." The inci

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