India created history on Sunday by winning gold at the Chess Olympiad after the controversial finish in the finals against Russia.
In the final round, two players from the Indian side were declared to have lost after the internet got disconnected.
Team India lodged an official appeal against the result, FIDE said the issue was under investigation. After about an hour of the result, the world chess body announced that FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich had decided to give gold medals to both teams. This was the first time FIDE organised the Chess Olympiad online.
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