Captain R.B. Ramesh on Vidit's decision to draw the game against Nakamura and Sokolov's comments
India was trailing the match 2-1 against USA in round four of the Olympiad. The last game between Vidit and Nakamura was in progress. Nakamura offered a draw. After a few minutes the draw the signed and India lost the match.
GM Ivan Sokolov who was commentating live on the match said, "This is weak. This shows zero character. His team is losing, the guy (Vidit) can make some moves. This is ridiculous, this is really ridiculous."
The position according to the engines was equal. We asked GM. R.B. Ramesh about the chronology of events and how this decision was taken. Ramesh also gives his take on Sokolov's comments.
Video: Sagar Shah
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