Nutcracker 2017

The traditional Christmas Nutcracker tournament is taking place in the Central Chess Club in Moscow from 19-24 December. It consists of two Scheveningen matches: Kings vs. Princes and Queens vs. Princesses. In the main event Gelfand, Rublevsky, Shirov and Mamedyarov take on Yuffa, Esipenko, Artemiev and Oparin. Each player first plays a classical game (90 minutes/40 moves + a 30-second increment from move 1) against each member of the opposing team. Then they play two rapid games (15 minutes/all moves + a 10-second increment) against each opposing player. The classical games are worth double i.e. 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.

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Schedule: (UTC)

Round 1    Dec 19, 2017    12:00 
Round 2    Dec 20, 2017    12:00 
Round 3    Dec 21, 2017    12:00 
Round 4    Dec 22, 2017    12:00 
Round 5    Dec 23, 2017    12:00 
Round 6    Dec 23, 2017    13:15 
Round 7    Dec 23, 2017    14:30 
Round 8    Dec 23, 2017    15:45 
Round 9    Dec 24, 2017    12:00 
Round 10    Dec 24, 2017    13:15 
Round 11    Dec 24, 2017    14:30 
Round 12    Dec 24, 2017    15:45 

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