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The Nutcracker Match of the Generations took place in Moscow 20th to 25th December 2015. A team of "Kings" Boris Gelfand, Peter Leko, Evgeniy Najer, Alexander Morozevich played a Scheveningen classical and rapid chess match against a team of Russian "Princes" Vladislav Artemiev, Ivan Bukavshin, Mikhail Antipov and Grigoriy Oparin.

At classical time controls the Kings won 18-14 vs the Princes and the rapid controls Kings 17.5-14.5 Princes.

There was also a B event a Girls team beat a Youths team 17-15 at Classical time controls and the result was reversed in the rapid section.

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Nutcracker Classical 2015 Moscow RUS Sat 19th Dec 2015 - Fri 25th Dec 2015 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Team	Name	Rtg	Gms	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pts	TB1
1	Kings	Gelfand, Boris	2731	4	*	½		1		1		½	3
2	Princes	Artemiev, Vladislav	2676	4	½	*	½		1		½		2.5	5.5
3	Kings	Leko, Peter	2705	4		½	*	½		½		1	2.5	4
4	Princes	Antipov, Mikhail Al	2569	4	0		½	*	½		1		2	3.75
5	Kings	Najer, Evgeniy	2674	4		0		½	*	½		1	2	2.75
6	Princes	Oparin, Grigoriy	2563	4	0		½		½	*	½		1.5	3
7	Kings	Morozevich, Alexander	2692	4		½		0		½	*	½	1.5	2.5
8	Princes	Bukavshin, Ivan	2657	4	½		0		0		½	*	1
8 teams

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Nutcracker Rapid 2015 Moscow RUS Sat 19th Dec 2015 - Fri 25th Dec 2015 Leading Final Round 8 Standings:
Rk	Team	Name	Rtg	Gms	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pts	TB1
1	Kings	Morozevich, Alexander	2692	8	**	10		½1		11		01	5.5
2	Princes	Bukavshin, Ivan	2657	8	01	**	½½		½½		11		5.0	20.50
3	Kings	Gelfand, Boris	2731	8		½½	**	½1		1½		01	5.0	18.00
4	Princes	Artemiev, Vladislav	2676	8	½0		½0	**	1½		1½		4.0	15.75
5	Kings	Leko, Peter	2705	8		½½		0½	**	10		½1	4.0	13.75
6	Princes	Antipov, Mikhail Al	2569	8	00		0½		01	**	½1		3.0	11.00
7	Kings	Najer, Evgeniy	2674	8		00		0½		½0	**	11	3.0	8.50
8	Princes	Oparin, Grigoriy	2563	8	10		10		½0		00	**	2.5
8 teams

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Nutcracker Classical B Moscow RUS Sat 19th Dec 2015 - Fri 25th Dec 2015 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Team	Name	Rtg	Gms	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pts	TB1
1	Youths	Shubin, Kirill	2208	4	*	½	1			0	1		2.5	5.25
2	Girls	Dimitrova, Aleksandra	2193	4	½	*		0	1			1	2.5	4.25
3	Girls	Mylnikova, Olga	2197	4	0		*	1	½			1	2.5	4.00
4	Youths	Tsoi, Dmitry	2060	4		1	0	*		1	0		2.0	4.50
5	Youths	Remizov, Yaroslav	2093	4		0	½		*	1	½		2.0	4.00
6	Girls	Dordzhieva, Dinara	2230	4	1			0	0	*		1	2.0	3.50
7	Girls	Potapova, Margarita	2121	4	0			1	½		*	0	1.5
8	Youths	Nesterov, Arseniy	2102	4		0	0			0	1	*	1.0
8 teams

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Nutcracker Rapid B 2015 Moscow RUS Thu 24th Dec 2015 - Fri 25th Dec 2015 Leading Final Round 8 Standings:
Rk	Team	Name	Rtg	Gms	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Pts	TB1
1	Youths	Tsoi, Dmitry	2060	8	**		½1	½½	½1		11		6.0	22.25
2	Youths	Remizov, Yaroslav	2093	8		**	01	10	11		11		6.0	21.50
3	Girls	Dordzhieva, Dinara	2230	8	½0	10	**			1½		11	5.0
4	Girls	Dimitrova, Aleksandra	2193	8	½½	01		**		0½		½½	3.5	15.50
5	Girls	Potapova, Margarita	2121	8	½0	00			**	1½		½1	3.5	10.50
6	Youths	Shubin, Kirill	2208	8			0½	1½	0½	**	0½		3.0	11.00
7	Girls	Mylnikova, Olga	2197	8	00	00				1½	**	½1	3.0	7.50
8	Youths	Nesterov, Arseniy	2102	8			00	½½	½0		½0	**	2.0
8 teams

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