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The Indian ace never got going after scoring a first round victory over Hikaru Nakamura of United States.
Humpy, who was crowned world champion in the last week of December 2019, finished the tournament with 6 points.
The 10-round championship featured 429 players from 16 countries and collected nearly Rs 3.9 lakh.
Chess.com had claimed that Carlsen was invited for the Online Nations Cup, but the Norwegian world champion was not 'willing to play under the same financial conditions as the other participants'.
Five-time world champion Anand was in Germany to take part in the Bundesliga chess tournament and before he could return, the travel restrictions came calling in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Anand was stuck in Germany for over three months due to the travel restrictions imposed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
India had won the gold in the FIDE Online Olympiad in August and the victory by the women's team sans top players such as Koneru Humpy and D Harika is another boost to the game in the country.
Ummer Koya was also a reputed international arbiter and widely respected in chess-playing nations.
India were initially declared to have lost the final round but they lodged an appeal saying their players lost internet connection due to a server failure. The decision was then reversed.
Russia were initially declared winners after two Indian players - Nihal Sarin and Divya Deshmukh - lost out on time in the final after suffering a disconnection with the server.
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