{"id":14494,"date":"2020-09-02T18:28:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T16:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=14494"},"modified":"2020-09-05T10:05:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T08:05:03","slug":"india-russia-and-one-chess-gold-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2020\/09\/india-russia-and-one-chess-gold-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"India, Russia, and One Chess Gold Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B1 &#8211; Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In competitions, there is only one winner. But at the Olympiad 2020, that one gold medal went to two competing countries India and Russia. The chess match was done online due to Covid-19 but India had internet problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read this lesson to find out more about two countries winning one gold medal in chess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/breakingnewsenglish.com\/2009\/200902-chess-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/breakingnewsenglish.com\/2009\/200902-chess-1.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What is your opinion on giving the gold medal to both India and Russia? <\/li><li>Was it acceptable to share the medal due to internet problems from India\u2019s end? Why or why not?<\/li><li>Have you ever heard of a similar story? Tell us about it.<\/li><li>Do you know how to play chess? How and when did you learn to play it?&nbsp;What can you say about this game\/sport?<\/li><li>Is there a Spanish game similar to chess? 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