Sergey Karjakin played with 22 young chess players between the age of 6 and 17 in blitz tournament. Karjakin played draw with four Uzbek youngsters and win others. Among Uzbek players were Nodirbek Abdusattarov, world champion among 8 year old chess players, and Uzbekistan champion Timur Igonin.

Karjakin underlined Uzbek youngsters are strong and it was difficult to play against 22 players. He also said he had chance to familiarize with Tashkent and he was impressed with it.