Watch Round 6 of the 2014 Tromsø Chess Olympiad Live

Today is round 6 of the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway. As we enter round 6, Azerbaijan, Serbia, and Kazakhstan are in the top 3 spots and will face off against Georgia, Bulgaria, and Cuba respectively. The match to watch for today, though, should be the one between Magnus Carlsen, ranked #1 in the world, and rival Fabiano Caruana, who is ranked #3. You don’t see two people this skilled at something compete against each other every day.

Coverage starts at 9AM ET.

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Women’s event:

Previously in chess

• New chess rules went into effect recently
• Magnus Carlsen was the first man to win the chess Triple Crown, but not the first person
• People in 1859 thought that newfangled chess contraption was rotting their kids’ minds

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