An Indian billionaire admitted to having benefited from the "help" of computers to manage to beat Vishwanathan Anand, five-time world champion in this discipline, during an online charity tournament on Sunday.
Nikhil Kamath, founder and managing director of an online brokerage company, used computers but also experts in an online chess tournament and beat the world champion organized for the benefit of Covid-relief, a background against the coronavirus.
On Monday, he confessed to having "benefited from the help of people who analyze the game, computers and the kindness of Vishwanathan Anand himself in approaching the game as a learning experience."
"It's ridiculous that so many people can think that I really beat Mister Vishy (Vishwanathan) at chess, it's almost like waking up and beating Usain Bolt in the 100 yards," the billionaire tweeted, in retrospect, " that was pretty stupid because I didn't realize all the confusion it can cause.
My excuses.
"
The master is not offended, the Federation, yes
For his part, the 51-year-old grandmaster minimized Nikhil Kamath's actions: “It was about raising money.
It was a fun experience, the ethics of the game were respected, he tweeted, I just played the position on the board and expected the same from everyone ”.
On the other hand, the general secretary of the Indian Chess Federation (AICF), Bharat Chauhan, did not appreciate the incident described as "very regrettable", stating that players were expected to "respect the protocols. », According to the local press.
Nikhil Kamath “was participating out of charity, he shouldn't have done so.
It's really unfortunate, ”he added.
Culture
Corsica: At 14, Marc'Andria Maurizzi becomes the youngest French International Grand Master
Series
Anya Taylor-Joy is up for a second season of "The Lady's Game"
Computer
Coronavirus
India
Thu
World
Covid 19
Cheating