The tournament proper won't begin until Tuesday, but it kicks off tomorrow/today (Monday) with a blitz tournament to determine the pairings. In addition to the intrinsic interest generated by any super-tournament, especially one featuring the world champion, there's the additional attraction of the format. The 2019 Norway Chess tournament will not allow the players to split the point - or rather, the points. (Not equally, that is.) If any of the classical games are drawn, the players proceed to an Armageddon blitz game. If a player wins the classical game, he gets 2 points for the round; if he wins the blitz game after a draw in the classical game he'll get 1.5 points for the round while his opponent will pick up half a point.
Tomorrow's blitz action kicks off at 6:30 p.m. local time; 12:30 p.m. ET.