Covid-19: Sajid Nadiadwala, Aamir Khan play a game of Chess with Viswanathan Anand to raise funds

Next on our list is movie producer, Sajid Nadiadwala!

He holds the record of producing some of the super hits in the industry. He will be playing the five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) on June 13th

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Sajid's love and fondness for the brainy game, is known to all, which he now directs towards raising funds and helping the ones in need. The filmmaker also recently held a vaccination drive for over 500 employees of his organization, 'Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment' and their families.

Sajid Nadiadwala and Riteish Deshmukh

Chess buff Aamir Khan will also play an exhibition match against former world champion and Indian chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand as part of a fund-raiser for virus relief measures.

Checkmate Covid, organised by chess.com, will be held on June 13 and will be live-streamed on their YouTube channel. Sajid Nadiadwala, Riteish Deshmukh, Arijit Singh and Ananya Birla are also part of the event. Khan has taken on Anand in a match earlier, and the grandmaster has reportedly said that 
he would like Mr Perfectionist to play him in his biopic.

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