In 1999 I was one of more than 50,000 people from 75 countries participated in a game of chess over the Internet when the Russian world champion Garry Kasparov faced the rest of the world in consultation, with the World Team moves to be decided by plurality vote.
Conducting the white pieces, Kasparov played his first move on June 21. Four months later, after 62 moves, 51% of the World Team voters opted to resign and Kasparov won the match on October 22.