Former world champion Viswanathan Anand suffered two losses on the opening day of St. Louis Rapid and Blitz chess tournament which is a part of the Grand Chess Tour. At St. Louis, United States, the Indian ace was pegged back by an opening round loss against Hikaru Nakamura of United States and then suffered another debacle against Levon Aronian of Armenia in the third round. The second round had ended in a draw for Anand against Lenier Dominguez of Cuba. Anand and David Navara of Czech Republic are currently at the bottom having one point each. Anand could muster just one point under the rules from three games in the event and he will have to come back much stronger in the remaining six rounds of the150,000 US Dollar prize money tournament. The second day will see Anand clashing with Russian Garry Kasparov, which will revive more than 25 years of rivalry. After the end of the first day and three rounds, Fabiano Caruana of United States, Le Quang Leim of Vietnam, Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia and Aronian emerged as co leaders on four points each. The highlight of the day was legendary Russian Garry Kasparov's come back to competitive fold after a gap of 12 years.