Sinquefield Cup: Starting Momentarily

Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at 1:41PM
Dennis Monokroussos in 2017 Sinquefield Cup

The 2017 Sinquefield Cup gets underway today in St. Louis, starting at 1 p.m. local time (= 2 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CET). Here are the pairings: 

• Caruana (2807) - Carlsen (2822)
• Vachier-Lagrave (2789) - So (2810)
• Aronian (2799) - Nepomniachtchi (2751)
• Anand (2783) - Nakamura (2792)
• Karjakin (2773) - Svidler (2751)

 A strong field, needless to say, with the world's top three, six of the world's top 8, seven of the top 10, and eight of the top 12. And all 10 are in the top 16.

Predictions? I'm going to fudge and say it's whoever has the best score out of Carlsen, Caruana, and Aronian after round 1.

Article originally appeared on The Chess Mind (http://www.thechessmind.net/).