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Oh man. Nikhil Kamath is a founder of Zerodha and I thought his name sounded familiar--he cheated in a celebrity chess simul against Vishy Anand [1]. It really bothered me when I heard about it at the time. Afterwards, he tried to play it off like everyone knew that he was getting help from a computer, which, in my opinion, was a really arrogant and unfortunate way of admitting to cheating.

[1]: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-bytes/nikhil-...

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Dude was so clueless he got scholars mated in his previous game.

So he figured, I don't know any chess, but I'm playing against a GM on a simul, what hope do I have...oh wait this is online & no one can see me, let me use an engine against a GM.

Balls of steel right there.

GM resigns. Dude apology-tweets.

Danny Rensch terminates dude's chess.com account. Dude then tries to involve the GM's wife & drum up public sympathy. Rensch won't budge.

Really neat seeing Anand's professional response in that situation, "I resigned because it's distasteful to flag cheating..."

Vishy is as high-class as it's possible to get. Beyond reproach, no matter the situation.

> Afterwards, he tried to play it off like everyone knew that he was getting help from a computer, which, in my opinion, was a really arrogant and unfortunate way of admitting to cheating

This sounds like how a 12 year old would respond to getting caught

Wow. Thats a really really scummy thing to do.

Reading this article I laughed a bit. Why are people taking a chess.com match so seriously? I use Stockfish from time to time analyze the game from different angles, but I'd never use it in competitive play.

Online play is increasingly important in the chess world iiuc

“You can learn more about someone through an hour of play…” Cheating for in a game suggests a poor character. Imagine how one might behave if the stakes were material.

Cheating in any game says a lot about the person.

If someone went into basket weaving club and said "look at my basket" with something they bought from the store, everyone would be a bit annoyed, even if ultimately it doesn't matter.

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