St. Louis Rapid & Blitz, Featuring Kasparov, Starts Today

The action starts at 1 p.m. local time in St. Louis, the same time as the Sinquefield Cup rounds began. (That's 2 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CET.) Garry Kasparov is of course the headline attraction, though not necessarily the favorite, as the rapid portion of the event gets underway today and continues through Wednesday. In today's rounds, he will have White against Sergey Karjakin, Black against Hikaru Nakamura, and White against Leinier Dominguez. How will he do against a fully motivated field?