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The gold medal for the 44th Chess Olympiad has been by India and Russia. The countries joint-gold because of a glitch with the Internet. The Olympiad place every two years to find the best chess-playing nation in the world. This year it was online for the first time. The online version of the competition was because of coronavirus. The final between players from Russia and India. However, some games to an end after two Indian players lost their Internet connection. Officials at the tournament said they no choice but to the gold medal to the two countries. They said this was fair because the Indian players time when the Internet connection .

This year's Chess Olympiad in July. Teams from over 160 countries took part. The final round not the only time teams had technical glitches. A player from Armenia was from the tournament's server during his quarter-final match against India. However, on that occasion, officials his appeal. Armenia from the competition in protest. Officials said there were "unprecedented circumstances" in the final. They : "The Online Chess Olympiad has been by a global Internet outage that severely several countries, including India. Two of the Indian players affected and lost connection when the outcome of the match still unclear."