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Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand played a game of chess with billionaire Nikhil Kamath, on Sunday, during a charity event as part of the month-long Checkmate Covid programme.
However, after Kamath defeated the chess grandmaster, reports claimed that the Zerodha co-founder had manipulated the game to register a win.
According to news agency ANI, the All India Chess Federation (AICF) Secretary Bharat Chauhan said it is "unfortunate" to see unfair methods employed in a charity chess game, and termed it as a "bad" move by Kamath, saying that it shouldn't have happened.
The 33-year-old startup founder took to Twitter to share a statement apologising for taking help from "some people and computers" for the game.
"Yesterday was one of those days that I had dreamt of when I was a really young kid learning chess, to interact with Vishwanath Anand. Got the opportunity thanks to Akshaypatra and their idea of raising funds for charity conducting a bunch of chess games with Vishy. It is ridiculous that so many are thinking that I really beat Vishy in a chess game, that is almost like me waking up and winning a 100mt race with Usain Bolt," Kamath said in the statement.
He went on to add, "I had help from the people analyzing the game, computers, and the graciousness of Anand sir himself to treat the game as a learning experience. This was for fun and charity. In hindsight, it was quite silly as I didn't realise all the confusion that can get caused due to this. Apologies."
Anand, also addressed the issue, saying that he "just played the position on the board and expected the same from everyone."
"Yesterday was a celebrity simul for people to raise money It was a fun experience upholding the ethics of the game. I just played the position on the board and expected the same from everyone," Anand tweeted.
The tournament also saw Aamir Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Ananya Birla, Manu Kumar Jain and Yuzvendra Chahal play for a cause.
However, after Kamath defeated the chess grandmaster, reports claimed that the Zerodha co-founder had manipulated the game to register a win.
According to news agency ANI, the All India Chess Federation (AICF) Secretary Bharat Chauhan said it is "unfortunate" to see unfair methods employed in a charity chess game, and termed it as a "bad" move by Kamath, saying that it shouldn't have happened.
The 33-year-old startup founder took to Twitter to share a statement apologising for taking help from "some people and computers" for the game.
"Yesterday was one of those days that I had dreamt of when I was a really young kid learning chess, to interact with Vishwanath Anand. Got the opportunity thanks to Akshaypatra and their idea of raising funds for charity conducting a bunch of chess games with Vishy. It is ridiculous that so many are thinking that I really beat Vishy in a chess game, that is almost like me waking up and winning a 100mt race with Usain Bolt," Kamath said in the statement.
He went on to add, "I had help from the people analyzing the game, computers, and the graciousness of Anand sir himself to treat the game as a learning experience. This was for fun and charity. In hindsight, it was quite silly as I didn't realise all the confusion that can get caused due to this. Apologies."
It is ridiculous that so many are thinking that I really beat Vishy sir in a chess game, that is almost like me wak… https://t.co/OEyamIXJcS
— Nikhil Kamath (@nikhilkamathcio) 1623651010000Anand, also addressed the issue, saying that he "just played the position on the board and expected the same from everyone."
"Yesterday was a celebrity simul for people to raise money It was a fun experience upholding the ethics of the game. I just played the position on the board and expected the same from everyone," Anand tweeted.
Yesterday was a celebrity simul for people to raise money It was a fun experience upholding the ethics of the game.… https://t.co/Ch37jUVsaT
— Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) 1623652663000The tournament also saw Aamir Khan, Riteish Deshmukh, Ananya Birla, Manu Kumar Jain and Yuzvendra Chahal play for a cause.
Looking forward to playing some exciting chess with:Aamir Khan@riteishd@NGEMovies@arijitsingh@ananya_birla… https://t.co/leytgjgStR
— Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) 1623471547000