24 December 2017
Rapid Part of Nutcracker Starts in Moscow
Princes catch up with Kings.
Photo by Eteri Kublashvili
On December 23, first 4 rapid rounds of the Nutcracker Generation Tournament were played in the Central Chess Club in Moscow.
Results, men:
Round 1:
Shirov – Esipenko 1-0, Gelfand – Artemiev 0-1, Oparin – Mamedyarov 1/2, Yuffa – Rublevsky 1/2.
Round 2:
Artemiev - Shirov 1/2, Oparin - Gelfand 1-0, Mamedyarov - Yuffa 1-0, Rublevsky - Esipenko 0-1.
Round 3:
Shirov - Oparin 1-0, Gelfand - Yuffa 0-1, Esipenko - Mamedyarov 1/2, Artemiev - Rublevsky 1-0.
Round 4:
Yuffa - Shirov 1-0, Esipenko - Gelfand 1/2, Mamedyarov - Artemiev 0-1, Rublevsky - Oparin 1/2.
Princes won the first rapid part 10-6. The score in the match is equal - 24:24.
Women, results:
Round 1:
Grabuzova – Maltsevskaya 0-1, Strutinskaia – Dimitrova 1-0, Goltseva – Zaiats 1/2, Solozhenkina – Kovalevskaya 1-0.
Round 2:
Dimitrova - Grabuzova 1/2, Goltseva - Strutinskaia 0-1, Zaiats - Solozhenkina 1-0, Kovalevskaya - Maltsevskaya 1-0.
Round 3:
Grabuzova - Goltseva 0-1, Strutinskaia - Solozhenkina 0-1, Maltsevskaya - Zaiats 1-0, Dimitrova - Kovalevskaya 1/2.
Round 4:
Solozhenkina - Grabuzova 1-0, Maltsevskaya - Strutinskaia 0-1, Zaiats - Dimitrova 0-1, Kovalevskaya - Goltseva 1/2.
Princesses won the first rapid part 9-7, but still didn’t manage to equalize the score: it is 26-22 in favor of Queens.
On December 24, the final 4 rounds of the rapid part will be played.
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