Nikhil Kamath, co-founder of India's stockbroking platform Zerodha and India's youngest billionaire has gotten in some controversy after 'beating" five-time chess world champion Vishwanathan Anand in an online charity stream for COVID-19 only to have his account suspended by the organiser, Chess.com, for violating?its fair play policy.
The charity stream was organised to raise funds for COVID relief and Anand simultaneously play against celebrities like Aamir Khan, Arijit Singh and Riteish Deshmukh.?
According to reports, Kamath was the only participant to defeat the former world champion in the exhibition event. However, people were not convinced with Kamath's victory and claimed that the businessman had cheated in order to beat Anand in the match.?
A few hours after the match ended, Chess.com blocked Kamath's account on the site for breaching its fair play policy.?
As people trolled Kamath online, he put up a post on Twitter accepting that he had help from people analysing the game and from computers. However, he also suggested that Anand himself knew about it.?
He also joked and compared his victory to winning a 100-metre race against Usain Bolt and said the confusion was not on purpose.?
While some were convinced by Kamath's tweet, others were not impressed by the entrepreneur's clarification.?
Anand responded by saying, "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".
People took to the microblogging website to express their views on the controversy.?
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