Indian chess grandmaster and former world chess champion, Viswanathan Anand will play a 'simultaneous exhibition' match against the country's renowned celebrities and businesspersons to raise funds for The Akshaya Patra Foundation's COVID-19 relief feeding efforts. Checkmate COVID series will have 5-time world champion, Viswanathan Anand, play ten Indian celebrities and business leaders five at one go in one-hour simul games. These include Bollywood celebrities Aamir Khan, Kiccha Sudeep, Riteish Deshmukh, singer Arijit Singh, singer-songwriter Ananya Birla, cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal, Manu Kumar Jain - MD of Xiaomi India, Nikhil Kamath - Co-founder of Zerodha, producer Sajid Nadiadwala and Prachura Padakannaya.source https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/celebrities/aamir-khan-to-play-against-chess-grandmaster-viswanathan-anand-in-checkmate-covid-celebrity-edition-711139
