[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "2209390"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Qd2 Be7 9. e5 d5 10. Bd3 h5 11. h3 Bb7 12. Ne2 c5 13. c3 Qb6 14. O-O h4 15. b4
Nh6 16. bxc5 Qxc5 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Nd4 Rg8 19. Bg5 Bc5 20. Rb3 Bc8 21. Qf4 Rb8
22. Rxb8 Qxb8 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. Bxh4 f5 25. Nf3 Nf7 26. Bxa6 g5 27. Bb5+ Kf8 28.
Nxg5 Nxe5 29. Ba6 Rxg5 30. Qxg5 Nf7 31. Qf6 Bxa6 32. Qxe6 Bd3 33. Rb2 Be4 34.
Bf6 Ba3 35. Rb6 Bd6 36. Rxd6 Qxd6 37. Qc8+ Nd8 38. Qxd8+ 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nxd5 Bxd5 6. d4 e6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Rxe4 O-O 14. Rf4 Qg6
15. Nh4 Qe8 16. c3 d5 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. Be3 Bd6 19. Rh4 Qg6 20. h3 Qf5 21. Rg4 Ne5
22. Rf4 Nxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Qe5 24. g3 Bc5 25. Bd4 Qe4 26. Re3 Qf5 27. Re5 Qf6 28.
Qg4 Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Rac8 30. Rae1 Rc6 31. Qe3 Kf7 32. f4 g6 33. h4 h5 34. Qd3 Rd8
35. Kg2 Rdd6 36. Qf3 d4 37. cxd4 Rc2+ 38. Kh3 Rxd4 39. Qb7+ Kf8 40. Qa8+ Rd8 41.
Qxa7 Rdd2 42. Qa8+ Kg7 43. Rh1 Qxf4 44. Qb7+ Kh6 45. Qe4 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 8. O-O
Bf8 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Re1 c5 11. Nf5 Ne5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15.
Qd2 b5 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. f4 Nc4 18. Qc3 Bxf5 19. exf5 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Nb6 21. Nxb6
axb6 22. Bd5 b4 23. Qd3 Be7 24. Qc4 Qf8 25. Qb5 Qd8 26. Kg2 Bf6 27. b3 Kf8 28.
h4 Qc8 29. Qc6 Qxc6 30. Bxc6 Rc8 31. Bd5 Re8 32. Rxe8+ Kxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "classical, 6...a6"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24131423"]
[BlackFideId "4115309"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nd2 Ke7 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Na5 Ra7 14. Nxb7
Rxb7 15. a4 b4 16. Nb1 Nfd7 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. b3 Be5 19. Rb1 Bc3 20. Nc4 Rd8 21.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rd7 23. Bc2 Nd3 24. Kf1 Ne1 25. Be4 f5 26. Ba8 Kf6 27. Ke2
Nd3 28. f4 Rd8 29. Bf3 Nc5 30. g4 fxg4 31. Bxg4 Nc6 32. Bf3 Ne7 33. e4 Ng6 34.
e5+ Kf7 35. Nd6+ Kf8 36. Be3 Nd7 37. a5 Ke7 38. Rd1 Rf8 39. Rg1 Nxf4+ 40. Bxf4
Rxf4 41. Rxg7+ Kd8 42. Rg8+ Rf8 43. Rxf8+ Nxf8 44. Nb7+ Kc8 45. Nc5 Nd7 46. Nxa6
Nxe5 47. Nc5 Kb8 48. Nxe6 Ka7 49. Nc7 Nxf3 50. Kxf3 Be5 51. Nd5 Bxh2 52. Nxb4
Bc7 53. a6 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "2209390"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. d3 Qc8
9. Nbd2 Bh3 10. Rc1 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Rd8 14. Qe2 Qd3 15.
Qxd3 Rxd3 16. e5 Ne8 17. Ne4 Na6 18. Ba3 Bf8 19. Bc5 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Nxf6+
exf6 22. Bd4 Kf7 23. Rfd1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rd2 Bb4 26. Re2 Bc5 27. Rd2 Bb4
28. Re2 Bc5 29. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bd2 a6 13. Na3 a5 14. Nc4 b6 15.
f4 Ba6 16. Ne3 Bb7 17. Bc3 g6 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Rf3 Rae8 21. fxe5
dxe5 22. Bxe5 Bc5 23. Bd4 Be2 24. Qxe2 Bxd4 25. c3 Bc5 26. Kf1 Re5 27. Ng4 Rxe2
28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nxd7 Rfe8 30. Nxc5 bxc5 31. Rf2 R2e4 32. d6 Rd8 33. Rd1 Rxa4
34. Rd5 Re4 35. Rfd2 Re6 36. Rxc5 Rexd6 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. Rxa5 Rd2 39. b4 f5 40.
c4 Kf6 41. b5 Rc2 42. Ra6+ Ke5 43. Rc6 Kd4 44. b6 Rb2 45. h4 Ke3 46. Kg1 Kf4 47.
Kh2 Kg4 48. c5 f4 49. Rf6 Rb5 50. Rf8 f3 51. gxf3+ Kxh4 52. Rf4+ Kg5 53. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "24131423"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nxc4
Be7 9. Qb3 Qd7 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. h3 Bg6 12. h4 Nbd7 13. g4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nxg4 15.
h5 Bf5 16. e4 Nxe5 17. exf5 Nd3+ 18. Kf1 exf5 19. h6 g6 20. Nd5 cxd5 21. Qxd3
O-O 22. Qd4 f6 23. Bd2 Kh8 24. Bc3 b5 25. Re1 Bc5 26. Qxf6+ Rxf6 27. Bxf6+ Kg8
28. Bxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "4115309"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be2 c5 8. c3 c4 9.
Nbd2 h6 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. O-O Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Ne1 Be7 15. Bg4
Bh7 16. f4 O-O 17. Be3 Qb6 18. Qd2 Be4 19. f5 exf5 20. Bxf5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 f6 22.
Nf3 Qe6 23. Rh5 fxe5 24. Nxe5 Nf6 25. Rh3 Ne4 26. Qe2 Bd6 27. Qg4 Rae8 28. Qxe6+
Rxe6 29. Rh5 g5 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Kg7 32. Rh3 Nf6 33. Rf3 Bxe5 34. dxe5
Rxe5 35. Bd4 Re6 36. h3 h5 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Kg6 39. Rf5 b5 40. Kg2 Nxg4 41.
Rxd5 Ne3+ 42. Bxe3 Rxe3 43. a4 Re2+ 44. Kf3 Rxb2 45. Rd6+ Kf5 46. Rd5+ Kf6 47.
Rd6+ Ke5 48. Rxa6 Rb3 49. axb5 Rxc3+ 50. Ke2 Rb3 51. Rg6 Kf4 52. Rc6 Rxb5 53.
Rxc4+ Kg3 54. Rc3+ Kg2 55. Rc4 Re5+ 56. Kd3 Kf3 57. Rc1 g4 58. Kd4 Re7 59. Rc3+
Kf2 60. Rc2+ Re2 0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "2209390"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 b5 12. h3 Qc7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15.
Na5 Bxc2+ 16. Qxc2 Qxa5 17. Qc6 Qd8 18. Bd3 g6 19. Bb6 Qc8 20. Bc7 Ra7 21. Rc1
O-O 22. Bxd6 Qxc6 23. Rxc6 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Rc8 25. Rc6 Rxc6 26. dxc6 Nc5 27. Rc1
Ne6 28. a4 bxa4 29. Bc4 Nc7 30. Rd1 Ra8 31. Rd7 Rc8 32. Rxf7 Kh8 33. Ka2 Ne8 34.
Be6 Rxc6 35. Rf8+ Kg7 36. Rxe8 Kf6 37. Bd5 Rc2 38. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Benoni formation"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "24131423"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bxc6+
bxc6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. b3 Rfe8
15. Bb2 Qd6 16. Rad1 Rab8 17. Qh4 Rb4 18. Qh3 Qe7 19. Ba3 Rg4 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21.
Rc1 Qd6 22. Rfd1 h5 23. Qf3 Re5 24. h3 Rg6 25. Rd4 Reg5 26. Ne2 Rxg2+ 27. Qxg2
Ne4 28. Nc3 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qg6+ 30. Kf1 Ng5 31. Ke2 Nxh3 32. Nd1 Ng1+ 33. Kf1
Nf3 34. Rf4 Qd3+ 35. Kg2 Ne1+ 36. Kg1 Qg6+ 37. Kf1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Qe2
Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 cxd4 12. Bg5 Qb8 13. a3 h6 14. Bd2 Be7 15. Ng3
N5b6 16. Nh5 g6 17. Ng7+ Kf8 18. Nxe6+ fxe6 19. Bxg6 Nc4 20. Bf4 Kg7 21. Bh5 Rf8
22. Nxd4 Rxf4 23. Nxe6+ Kh8 24. Nxf4 Ncxe5 25. Rad1 Bg5 26. Ng6+ Nxg6 27. Rxd7
Bc6 28. Rf7 Qe5 29. Qd3 Be4 30. Qd7 Nf4 31. Bf3 Rd8 32. Qa7 Qe6 33. Re1 Bxf3 34.
Rf8+ Rxf8 35. Rxe6 Nxe6 36. gxf3 Bf6 37. Qxa6 Nd4 38. Kf1 Kg7 39. b4 Re8 40. a4
bxa4 41. Qxa4 Re5 42. Qd7+ Kg6 43. Qg4+ Kf7 44. Qd7+ Kg6 45. Qg4+ Rg5 46. Qe4+
Rf5 47. Qg4+ Kf7 48. Qe4 Rb5 49. Qb1 Kg7 50. f4 h5 51. Kg2 h4 52. Kh3 Be7 53.
Qe4 Bf6 54. Qb1 Kh6 55. Kg4 Rb8 56. Kh3 Rb7 57. Qe1 Re7 58. Qd1 Re2 59. Kg2 Rb2
60. Qe1 Ne2 61. Kf3 Nd4+ 62. Kg2 Re2 63. Qd1 Re7 64. Qd3 Rb7 65. Qc4 Rg7+ 66.
Kf1 Ra7 67. Kg2 Rb7 68. Qc8 Rb5 69. Qf8+ Kg6 70. Qc8 Kg7 71. Qd7+ Kg6 72. Qg4+
Kh6 73. Qd7 Rf5 74. Qd6 Kg6 75. h3 Rb5 76. Kf1 Kf5 77. Kg2 Kg6 78. Kf1 Rb7 79.
Kg2 Kg7 80. Kf1 Rb5 81. Kg2 Kg6 82. Kf1 Rb7 83. Kg2 Rb5 84. Kf1 Nf5 85. Qf8 Nd4
86. Qd6 Rf5 87. Kg2 Ne2 88. Kf3 Nd4+ 89. Kg2 Rb5 90. Kf1 Rb7 91. Kg2 Nf5 92. Qc5
Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Levitsky attack (Queen's bishop attack)"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "4115309"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. b3 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
Ne7 9. O-O Nf5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nd7 12. c4 Be7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Rab1 Rfd8
15. b4 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Bf6 17. Qe2 dxc4 18. Qxc4 e5 19. Ne4 Qb5 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21.
Qc2 Qd5 22. Nh4 e4 23. g4 h5 24. Nf5 Qe6 25. Qb3 hxg4 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Ne7+ Kf7
28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. b5 c5 30. dxc5 Nxc5 31. b6 a6 32. Rb4 Ke7 33. Rxe4 f5 34. Rec4
Kd6 35. Rd1+ Ke7 36. a4 Rc6 37. Rdc1 Kd6 38. Rd4+ Ke7 39. a5 Rc8 40. g3 Rc6 41.
Kg2 Rc8 42. e4 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "anti-Meran gambit"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24131423"]
[BlackFideId "2209390"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 b5 8. e5 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Bxe7 20. fxe7 Rdg8 21. Ne4
Rxg5 22. Nxg5 Re8 23. Qd5 Rxe7 24. Kg1 f6 25. Ne4 Kc7 26. Rc1 Qc6 27. Qxc6+ Kxc6
28. Rxc4 Kd5 29. Nd2 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Ra1 31. h4 Rxa2 32. Rc2 Ne5 33. h5 f5 34. Nf1
Ng4 35. f3 Nf6 36. h6 b3 37. Rd2+ Ke6 38. Ne3 f4 39. gxf4 Ra4 40. f5+ Kf7 41.
Rd6 Rd4 42. Ra6 Rd2+ 43. Kg3 Rxb2 44. Rxa7+ Kg8 45. Ng4 Nh5+ 46. Kh4 Ra2 47. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. a3 a6 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Re8 15. e4
e5 16. h3 Qe7 17. Qb3 exd4 18. Nxd4 Nxe4 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Nxd6 Qxd6
22. Be3 Nf6 23. Bf3 Re6 24. Bc5 Qe5 25. Qd3 Rae8 26. Ra1 Ne4 27. Be3 Qb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O, main line"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
e6 9. Nc3 Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. Qd2 Kh7 15.
Rfd1 Nh5 16. e4 Nxf4 17. Qxf4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qe7 19. h4 Rad8 20. h5 gxh5 21. Rac1
Be8 22. Nf3 f5 23. Nc3 h4 24. d5 hxg3 25. dxc6 gxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Bxc6 27. Re1 Rd3
28. Qc4 Qd6 29. Re2 Bxf3 30. Bxf3 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.23"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "4115309"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. Bg5
Nc5 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 h6 11. Bh4 Nxb3 12. axb3 g5 13. Bg3 e5 14. Nde2 Be6 15.
f3 Rc8 16. Bf2 h5 17. Ng3 g4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Qd7 20. Qd3 gxf3 21. Qxf3 Qc6
22. Bh4 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Rg8+ 24. Kh1 Nd7 25. Bxe7 Kxe7 26. Nd5+ Kf8 27. c4 Rg5 28.
Ne3 Nc5 29. Rg1 Rxg1+ 30. Rxg1 Nxb3 31. Rg5 Nd4 32. Rxh5 Kg7 33. Rg5+ Kh6 34.
Rg3 b5 35. Ng4+ Kg5 36. Nxe5+ Kf4 37. Nxf7 Nxf5 38. Rg4+ Kxf3 39. Rg5 Nd4 40.
Nxd6 Rc6 41. c5 Ne6 42. Rf5+ Kg4 43. h3+ Kxh3 44. Ne4 Kg4 45. Rf6 Nd4 46. Nf2+
Kg5 47. Ne4+ Kg4 48. Nf2+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "2209390"]
[BlackFideId "24131423"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Ndb5 Ba5 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rb3
Ne7 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nxb7 Bb6 17. Nd6 Ba5 18. Nb7 Bb6 19. Nd6 Ba5 20. Bf3 h6 21.
h4 g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Qe3 g4 24. Rc1 Qd3 25. Qxd3 Bxd3 26. Bxg4 Rh4 27. Bf3
Bc4 28. Rb7 Ba6 29. Rxe7 Kxe7 30. Nxd5+ exd5 31. Nf5+ Ke6 32. Nxh4 Bb6 33. a4
Kxe5 34. a5 Bd4 35. Re1+ Kf6 36. Rd1 Be5 37. Rxd5 Rb8 38. g3 Rb5 39. Rd7 Rb1+
40. Kh2 Rb2 41. Rxa7 Rxf2+ 42. Kg1 Rf1+ 43. Kg2 Rf2+ 44. Kxf2 Bd4+ 45. Ke1 Bxa7
46. Be2 Bb8 47. Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Be7 8.
d4 c5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bg5 Qa5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Bf4 h6
15. Rab1 Qc7 16. Bg3 Qd7 17. Rfd1 b6 18. h3 Be6 19. Bh4 Rac8 20. Qd2 Qc7 21. Re1
Ne7 22. Ba6 Rb8 23. Bg3 Nf5 24. Bf4 Qd7 25. Bb5 Qc8 26. Nd4 a6 27. Bf1 b5 28.
Rbc1 Qd7 29. Rcd1 Rbc8 30. Nb3 Bb6 31. Bd3 Rfd8 32. Bb1 Rc4 33. Bd3 Ra4 34. Bh2
Rc8 35. Kh1 Qa7 36. Rf1 Qc7 37. Bxf5 Bxf5 38. e6 Qb7 39. exf7+ Qxf7 40. Qxd5 Be6
41. Qd6 Bc7 42. Qd2 Bxh2 43. Kxh2 Qc7+ 44. Kg1 Qxc3 45. Rfe1 Qxd2 46. Rxd2 Bf7
47. Re7 Re8 48. Ra7 Be6 49. Re2 Bf7 50. Rd2 Be6 51. Re2 Bf7 52. Rd2 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Rb8 11. Kh1 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bxf6
Bb7 15. Qg4 Qxg2+ 16. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 17. Kxg2 gxf6 18. b3 Rbd8 19. Rad1 Rd4 20. Bc4
Ree4 21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Bd3 Kf8 23. h3 Rf4 24. f3 Rd4 25. f4 Bd6 26. Kg3 h5 27.
Be2 Rd5 28. h4 Kg7 29. Bd3 Rd4 30. Rf3 a5 31. a4 Kh6 32. c3 Rd5 33. Kf2 f5 34.
Ke2 Be7 35. Bc4 Rd7 36. Rh3 c5 37. Bd3 Rb7 38. Bc4 Bf6 39. Rd3 Re7+ 40. Kf3 Bxh4
41. Rd6+ Kg7 42. Rd5 Bf6 43. Rxc5 Bxc3 44. Rxf5 h4 45. Kg4 Be1 46. Rg5+ Kf8 47.
Kf5 Rc7 48. Kg4 Rc6 49. Re5 Rg6+ 50. Kh3 Rg3+ 51. Kh2 Bd2 52. Rf5 Rf3 53. Rxf7+
Ke8 54. Kg2 Rg3+ 55. Kf2 Rc3 56. Rf5 h3 57. Re5+ Kf8 58. Rxa5 h2 59. Rf5+ Ke7
60. Kg2 Rh3 61. Kh1 Rh4 62. a5 Bxf4 63. a6 Bb8 64. a7 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "B46"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "4115309"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qf3 Bb4 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qg3 Nh5 10. Qg4 g6 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. Bc4 O-O 14. Bb3 c5
15. e5 c4 16. Qxc4 Qxe5 17. Rhe1 Qg7 18. g4 d5 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. Bf4 Rb6 21. Be5
Qh6+ 22. Kb1 Nd7 23. Bd4 Bc5 24. Na4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Rc6 26. f4 a5 27. f5 Ba6 28.
Qd1 Nf6 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Rxd5 Nxd5 31. Bxd5 Rd6 32. Bxe6+ Rxe6 33. Rxe6 Rf1 34.
Re1 Rxe1 35. Qxe1 Qxh2 36. Nc5 Bc8 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qe7+ Kg8 39. a4 Bxg4 40. Ne4
Qh6 41. Nf6+ Kh8 42. Nxg4 Qh1+ 43. Ka2 Qd5+ 44. b3 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24125890"]
[BlackFideId "2209390"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6
9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 Ra8 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Qc2 exd4
16. Bxd4 Bb7 17. Bxa7 Rxa7 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. f4 Ned7 20. Rad1 Qa8 21. c4 Nxe4 22.
cxb5 axb5 23. Qxc7 Nef6 24. Nxb5 Rc8 25. Qxd6 Rxa5 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Re7+ Kg8
28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Nd6 Qa7+ 30. Kh2 Qf2 31. Nxb7 Qxf4+ 32. Kh1 Re5 33. Qf7 Rxe7
34. Qxe7 Rc2 35. Qd6 Qxd6 36. Nxd6 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24131423"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
b6 9. Bc3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. Ne5 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qd7
15. e4 Rfd8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5 Be7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Bh3 Kh8 21.
Rxe6 Bf6 22. Rc1 Qf7 23. Re1 Rf8 24. Be6 Qg6 25. Rc7 Rab8 26. Qg4 Qd3 27. Nf3 d4
28. Rxb7 Rxb7 29. Bf5 Qb5 30. Bxh7 Kxh7 31. Qe4+ Kh8 32. Qxb7 d3 33. Qe4 Rd8 34.
Rd1 Qd5 35. Qxd5 Rxd5 36. Kf1 Bc3 37. Ne1 d2 38. Nf3 Rd7 39. h4 b5 40. Ke2 Re7+
41. Kd3 Re1 42. Kc2 b4 43. Nxd2 Re2 44. Kd3 Rxf2 45. Ne4 Rg2 46. Kc4 Be5 47. Rd5
Bc7 48. Kxb4 Rxa2 49. Rd7 Bb6 50. Ng5 Rg2 51. Rd3 g6 52. Kc4 Kg7 53. Kd5 Re2 54.
Rf3 Rd2+ 55. Ke4 Re2+ 56. Kf4 Re7 57. Kg4 Be3 58. Nh3 a5 59. Nf4 Bxf4 60. gxf4
Rb7 61. Rc3 Rb4 62. h5 gxh5+ 63. Kg5 a4 64. bxa4 Rxa4 65. Rc7+ Kg8 66. f5 Ra6
67. f6 Ra1 68. Kh6 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "24175439"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. a3 Qe7 10. c4 a5 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. O-O h6 13. e4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Bc5 15.
Rad1 Rd8 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Rb8 19. Qc1 Kg8 20. Bb1 b6 21. h4 Qf8
22. h5 Nce7 23. Rfe1 Kh8 24. Qc2 Qg8 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. exd6 Rxd6 27. Be5 Nf5 28.
Bxd6 Nxd6 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "4115309"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 Nc8 8. O-O
Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 a6 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Na7 13. Be3 Nb5 14. Qe2 Bg4 15. h3
Bh5 16. Rfd1 Nc7 17. Nc1 f6 18. Nd3 fxe5 19. dxe5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qe8 21. f4 Rf5
22. Qg4 Qf7 23. Ne1 Nf8 24. Nf3 Nd5 25. Nd4 Rh5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. e6 Qe8 28. f5
g6 29. b4 Bf6 30. Re1 Qe7 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Kh2 Rh4 33. Nf5 Qc7+ 34. Qg3 Be5 35.
f4 Rxf4 36. Kh1 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "2209390"]
[BlackFideId "24101605"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Be3 Nec6 7. Nd2 Nxd4 8.
Bxd4 Nc6 9. Bc3 b5 10. b3 Bb4 11. Bxg7 Rg8 12. Bb2 Rxg2 13. Qh5 Bb7 14. Kf1 Qg5
15. Qxg5 Rxg5 16. Nf3 Rg4 17. Ke2 O-O-O 18. Rhg1 f5 19. Rxg4 fxg4 20. Ng5 Be7
21. h4 gxh3 22. Nxh3 Rg8 23. Rh1 h5 24. f4 Rg3 25. Kf2 h4 26. Ng5 e5 27. Rxh4
exf4 28. Rh8+ Kc7 29. Nh3 Bc5+ 30. Kf1 Be3 31. Bc3 Nd4 32. Be1 Rg7 33. Bf2 Rf7
34. Ng5 Rg7 35. Nh3 Ne6 36. Ke2 Rg2 37. Kf1 Rg4 38. Rh5 Rg7 39. Ke2 Nd4+ 40. Kf1
Rf7 41. Ng5 Re7 42. Bxe3 fxe3 43. Rh3 Rg7 44. c3 Nxb3 45. axb3 Rxg5 46. Rxe3 a5
47. e5 a4 48. bxa4 bxa4 49. e6 dxe6 50. Rxe6 a3 51. Re1 Rg3 52. Ke2 a2 53. Ra1
Rg2+ 54. Ke3 Kd6 55. Be2 Bd5 56. c4 Rxe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "2805677"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 Bf5 10. Be3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Na5 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. f4 c5 14. g4 Bd7 15.
Bxd7 Qxd7 16. f5 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Rfe8 18. Nf3 Rc4 19. e6 fxe6 20. Ne5 Qd6 21. Nxc4
Nxc4 22. fxe6 Qxe6 23. Qf3 Bf6 24. Rf2 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Rd1 h6 27. Qxd5+
Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxc3 29. Rc2 Bf6 30. Kg2 Re4 31. h3 b6 32. Rd3 Ra4 33. Kg3 Be5+
34. Kf3 Bf6 35. Re2 h5 36. a3 Kh7 37. Re4 Ra5 38. a4 hxg4+ 39. hxg4 b5 40. Rd5
Rxa4 41. Rxa4 bxa4 42. Ra5 g6 43. Rxa4 Kg8 44. Rxa7 Kf8 45. Ke4 Kg8 46. Kd5 Kf8
47. Ke6 Bc3 48. Rf7+ Kg8 49. Rc7 Bb2 50. Rc8+ Kg7 51. g5 Bd4 52. Rc4 Bb2 53. Rb4
Bc3 54. Rb1 Kg8 55. Rc1 Bb2 56. Rc4 Kg7 57. Kd5 Kf7 58. Rc7+ Kg8 59. Rc2 Ba1 60.
Re2 Bc3 61. Kc4 Bg7 62. Ra2 Be5 63. Ra5 Bb2 64. Rb5 Ba1 65. Kd5 Kf7 66. Rb3 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24131423"]
[BlackFideId "13401319"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nbd2 b6 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Bb7
15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. a3 a5 19. Qe3 a4 20. c5 bxc5 21.
dxc5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Ba6 24. Rd6 Bb5 25. f4 Qc7 26. h4 Rd8 27. Qd4
Rxd6 28. cxd6 Qd7 29. g4 f6 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Kf7 32. Bf3 fxg5 33. fxg5 Qd8
34. Bh5+ g6 35. Qf4+ Ke8 36. d7+ Kxd7 37. Qd4+ Ke7 38. Qxd8+ Kxd8 39. Bxg6 Ke7
40. Kf2 Kd6 41. Bc2 Ke5 42. Kg3 c5 43. Kh4 Be8 44. Kg4 c4 45. Kf3 Kd4 46. g6
Bxg6 47. Bxg6 c3 48. Ke2 e5 49. Kd1 cxb2 50. Kc2 e4 51. Kxb2 e3 52. Bh5 Kd3 53.
Be8 Kd2 54. Bb5 e2 55. Bxe2 Kxe2 56. Kc3 Ke3 57. Kb4 Kd4 58. Kxa4 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Soultanbeieff variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "4115309"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe2 b6 12. Rad1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bc1 Nfd5 15.
f4 g6 16. Ne4 Rc8 17. Ng5 Rc7 18. Nexf7 Rxf7 19. Nxe6 Qd6 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. f5
gxf5 22. Bd2 Qd7 23. Rf3 Kh8 24. Bxb4 Bxb4 25. Qe5+ Rg7 26. Rg3 Nc7 27. d5 Bc5+
28. Kh1 Bf8 29. d6 f4 30. Rxg7 Bxg7 31. Qe7 Qxa4 32. b3 Qc6 33. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24175439"]
[BlackFideId "2209390"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. a3 a5 12. e4 e5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nd4 Ng6 16. g3 b4 17. Nf5 Be5 18. Na4 c5 19. f3 Rac8 20. Bc4 Bd4+ 21. Kg2 Nxe4
22. fxe4 Qe5 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qxd5+ 25. Kh3 Qf3 26. Qd3 Qh5+ 27. Kg2 Rfe8
28. Be3 Ne5 29. Qf1 Ng4 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. h3 Qxf5 32. hxg4 Qc2+ 33. Kh3 Re2 34.
Qg1 Qg6 0-1

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteTeam "Princes"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]
[WhiteFideId "24101605"]
[BlackFideId "2805677"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Ng6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. g3 Be7 10. h4 Bf6 11. Ne4 Nge5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxc5 Bxg3 14. fxg3
Qd4+ 15. Kh2 Qxc5 16. c3 O-O 17. d4 Qb6 18. Qb3 Qd8 19. Bf4 b6 20. Rad1 Bb7 21.
d5 Na5 22. Qb4 exd5 23. Qe7 Re8 24. Qxd8 Raxd8 25. Bc7 Ra8 26. b3 Rec8 27. Re7
Nc6 28. Rd7 Nb8 29. Bxb8 Raxb8 30. Rxb7 Rxb7 31. Ba6 Rbc7 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. Rxd5
Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "13401319"]
[BlackFideId "24125890"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nd7 3. d4 e6 4. Bg2 Ngf6 5. O-O b5 6. Qd3 Rb8 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8.
dxe5 Nd7 9. e4 Nxe5 10. Qd4 Bd6 11. exd5 O-O 12. Nc3 exd5 13. Nxd5 c6 14. Bf4
Nc4 15. b3 cxd5 16. bxc4 bxc4 17. Bxd5 Bxf4 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. gxf4
Bf5 21. Bxc4 Bxc2 22. Rac1 Bf5 23. Bb3 Rd4 24. Rc7 a5 25. Ra7 Rxf4 26. f3 Bh3
27. Rf2 a4 28. Bc2 g6 29. a3 Rc8 30. Rb7 Rc3 31. Re2 Rcxf3 32. Re8+ Rf8 33.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 34. Rb1 Rf4 35. Bd3 Rf3 36. Rb8+ Kg7 37. Rd8 g5 38. Rd4 h5 39. Bb5
Rxa3 40. Rxa4 Rb3 41. Bc4 Rc3 42. Kf2 Rc2+ 43. Kg3 Bc8 44. h4 Rc3+ 45. Kf2 g4
46. Bd5 Kf6 47. Ra5 Bf5 48. Bb7 Rb3 49. Bc6 Rh3 50. Bb7 Rxh4 51. Bg2 g3+ 52.
Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nutcracker Rapid 2017"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2017.12.24"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "modern, Larsen variation"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Princes"]
[WhiteFideId "4115309"]
[BlackFideId "24131423"]
[EventDate "2017.12.23"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nf3
e6 9. c4 N5f6 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. g3 O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bg5 e5 15. d5
Qc7 16. a3 a5 17. Bf3 Rfe8 18. Bg2 Bc5 19. Rc1 Nh7 20. Bd2 Nhf6 21. Rc2 a4 22.
Bg5 Nh7 23. Bc1 Nhf6 24. Bg5 Nh7 25. h4 Nxg5 26. hxg5 Bd4 27. Ne4 Nc5 28. Qg4
Rad8 29. Rd1 cxd5 30. cxd5 b6 31. Bf3 Qd7 32. Qh4 Nxe4 33. Bxe4 Rc8 34. Rc6 Bc5
35. Rd3 Qa7 36. Kg2 Qa5 37. Rd1 Qb5 38. Rxc8 Rxc8 39. Rh1 1-0

