Keene v Levy

This is not about a chess game, but rather a business deal ...

But you and Don Morris had an entirely different idea. You decided to set up a new company [Braingames Network plc] in which the two of you would have shareholdings but not the rest of us. You decided that to provide the 50,000 pounds needed to set up that company, rather than to use your own money you would use ours - the money in the bank account of Mind Sports Olympiad Ltd. And why not? After all, the bank statements are sent only to your house and no-one else in the company sees them because we all trust you. After you had "borrowed" the company's money you continued to pretend that your efforts to secure sponsorship for the world chess championship were being made on behalf of our business, but all along they were being made on behalf of your business. And all during this time you were being paid 10,000 pounds per month to work for our company.

Keene's defense is solely that he believes his actions were "legal, ethical, covered by board mandate and for the good of MSO." They may be legal, but he doesn't actually dispute any of the facts claimed by Levy and the facts as presented seem sleazy to say the least. So perhaps Keene is not just a crappy author, but a crappy human being too.