Baku, December 12, AZERTAC Azerbaijani grandmaster Shahriyar Mammadyarov will contest medals at the 2019 World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships to be held in Moscow, Russia, from December 25-30.The tournament will bring together more than 250 chess players.The list of participants includes World Champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Anish Giri (Netherlands), Hikaru Nakamura, Leinier Dominguez (both USA), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Vladislav Artemiev, Dmitry Andreikin (both Russia), Boris Gelfand (Israel), Yu Yangyi, Wang Hao (both China) and many others. The total prize fund for the King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championships amounts to USD 1,000,000.