Before the time of the New Kingdom, being a soldier brought little reward or prestige. But the need to remove foreigners from northern Egypt and then conquer other countries required a powerful, ...

After Hikaru Nakamura sent D Gukesh’s king cartwheeling through the air upon winning an exhibition game—called Checkmate: USA vs India—the entire sport of chess has been forced into a moment of soul ...

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Almost like a split running down the heart of chess, the sport finds itself divided over Hikaru Nakamura throwing D Gukesh’s king into the crowd after beating the world champion at an exhibition game ...

TUCSON, Arizona — On a Sunday afternoon in Tucson, Arizona, Ken Larsen, a chess coach with over four decades of experience, sits across from eight-year-old Nik Jain, offering a gentle nudge: “Maybe ...

Hikaru Nakamura has defended throwing D Gukesh's king into the crowd and explained his celebration. Images: ChessBase India While the majority of the Indian chess fraternity and a few renowned chess ...

The chess world was marred by controversy when Japan-born American GM Hikaru Nakamura defeated the world champion Gukesh Dommaraju to secure a 5-0 victory for Team USA over Team India at the Checkmate ...

Peter Heine Nielsen, the coach of Magnus Carlsen, has backed Hikaru Nakamura's viral act of tossing D Gukesh's King into the crowd. The incident took place after Nakamura's win over the Indian in the ...

Hikaru Nakamura created a storm in chess world by throwing away D Gukesh’s king in an exhibition match. Images: Chess.com Let’s begin by setting the record straight. It’s not just Indian fans who have ...

World Champion D Gukesh succumbed to a defeat against Hikaru Nakamura in Arlington, USA. The loss resulted in India being whitewashed 0-5 by USA in the first Checkmate event. The match was filled with ...

The USA’s Hikaru Nakamura courted controversy after flinging world champion D. Gukesh’s king into the crowd following his victory at the Checkmate USA vs India event on Sunday at the Esports Stadium ...

Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik has launched a scathing attack on world no. 2 Hikaru Nakamura following his controversial gesture towards D Gukesh during the USA vs India chess exhibition.