World Blitz Chess Championship kicked off in Moscow on November 16 in the framework of Mikhail Tal Memorial. Guest players Anatoly Karpov, Lenier Dominquez, Alexander Grischuk and Alexandra Kosteniuk and winners of Aeroflot Open qualifying round -Sergey Karjakin, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Vugar Gashimov, Evegny Bareev, Vladislav Tkachev and Zhou Jianchao -will be participating.