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This year's Chess Olympiad had
from over 160 countries take part. The
was the second time teams had technical
. A player from Armenia was disconnected during a quarter-final
. Officials rejected his appeal for more
so Armenia withdrew from the competition in
. Officials said there were "unprecedented
" in the final. They said a, "global Internet
severely affected" two of the Indian players in the
. They added that the lost connection happened, "when the
of the match was still unclear".