25 December 2015

Kings Defeat Princes at the Nutcracker

The generation tournament is finished in Moscow.

The Nutcracker generation tournament ended in Moscow on December 25 with four final rapid games. The Kings won 3.5-0.5, and secured the rapid match victory – 17.5-14.5, as well as the overall victory – 35.5-28.5.

Boris Gelfand showed the best result among Kings – 11 points. Vladislav Artemiev was the strongest among Princes with 9 points. 

In the match between Boys and Girls, Boys managed to win the rapid part with 17-15 score, and the entire match was tied, 32-32. 

Dmitry Tsoy and Yaroslav Remizov were strongest among boys with 10 points, while Diana Dordzhieva produced the best results in her team, collecting 9 points. 

The tournament was organized by Russian Chess Federation, Chess Art Fund, and businessman Oleg Skvortsov, who also organizes the traditional Zurich Chess Challenge supertournament.