Originally posted by ketchuploverI have a friend who bought a condo in St Louis just so he could go to spectate at events like this!
Confirmed are... Carlsen,Aronian,Caruana,Nakamura,& Vachier Lagrave. Uncomfirmed is Karjakin
He and I were talking about this, and he is really pumped up that apparently 6 of the top 10 will be in attendance. We are not used to this much top level chess in the US and it is awesome.