It is time to move on and get closure: Anand on Kamath's misdemeanor in simul event
Nikhil Kamath, co-founder of online stock brokerage firm Zerodha, had defeated Anand during an online charity match on Sunday and later admitted that he had cheated, leading to a huge backlash on social media.
“It’s time to move on and get closure on this,” Anand tweeted on Tuesday in response to a post by Chess.com-India which said it was reopening all accounts in question during the fund-raiser event. Kamath’s Chess.com account was banned after the match.
“Regarding the games played in the Vishy Anand simul for charity, as well as with full cooperation of Vishy Anand, Chess.com has elected to reopen all of the accounts in question during the event,” Chess.com-India said in a statement posted on Twitter.
“Given the forthcoming cooperation of the players and the clarification that not all the rules were properly understood, neither Chess.com nor Anand himself see any reason to uphold the matter further.”
The event was conducted to raise funds for those suffering due to the coronavirus pandemic. “General Note: Per Chess.com rules found at support.chess.com – unrated games, as such were played in the event-are not always played within the same parameters. Anand, as the simul giver, has expressed no interest in further pursuing the matter,” it said.
“While he clearly expressed that he does not endorse use of non-approved assistance in chess, he agrees fully that the games were played in good faith for the fun and good intentions of the charitable efforts, and wishes the matter be put to rest.”
