Today, the rapid and blitz world championship among young chess players will start in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.

Offsideplus.az informs that Azerbaijan is represented by 2 chess players in the prestigious competition.

Khazar Babazade and Ayan Allahverdiyeva will compete in the category of chess players under 20 years of age.

It should be noted that the competition organized by the Swiss system will consist of 9 rounds.