Nutcracker Match of the Generations 2014

By Yelena Dembo | December 24, 2014 - 08:03 |December 24, 2014 Nutcracker Match of the Generations 2014

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The Kings drew the Classical event against the Princes(16-16).

Results of the 4th round

Fedoseev 3 1-0 5 Shirov
Dubov 2 1-0 3 Dreev
Morozevich 3 1-0 3 Artemiev
Leko 2 1/2 3 Oparin

Games of the round

 [Event "Nutcracker Classical 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.12.23"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]  [Black "Shirov, Alexei"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D45"]  [WhiteElo "2661"]  [BlackElo "2675"]  [PlyCount "79"]  [EventDate "2014.12.20"]  [WhiteTeam "Princes"]  [BlackTeam "Kings"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O  dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bd2 b4 13. Na4 c5 14. Rac1 Rfc8 15.  Be1 Qa5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. Bc4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qc7 20. f4 a5 21. b3  Rc8 22. Qe2 g5 23. f3 gxf4 24. e4 Nd7 25. Qg2+ Kf8 26. Qh3 Ne5 27. Bf2 Nxc4 28.  bxc4 Rg5+ 29. Kh1 Kg8 30. c5 Be5 31. c6 Bc3 32. Qh4 Rg6 33. Rd7 Qxc6 34. Qe7  Kh8 35. Qxf7 Rg7 36. Qxg7+ Bxg7 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Rd8+ Bf8 39. Rxf8+ Kg7 40.  Ra8 1-0

 [Event "Nutcracker Classical 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.12.23"]  [Round "4.2"]  [White "Dubov, Daniil"]  [Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D43"]  [WhiteElo "2629"]  [BlackElo "2649"]  [PlyCount "81"]  [EventDate "2014.12.20"]  [WhiteTeam "Princes"]  [BlackTeam "Kings"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O Be7 8. e4  O-O 9. Bf4 Re8 10. a4 Nf8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e5 Be7 14. Qe2 a5 15.  Rfd1 Nd7 16. Nd2 Nb6 17. Nce4 Bb4 18. Qg4 Be7 19. h4 Bd7 20. Bf1 Rb8 21. Nxc4  Nxc4 22. Bxc4 b5 23. Bd3 bxa4 24. Nc3 Rb4 25. Qe4 g6 26. h5 c5 27. hxg6 f5 28.  exf6 Bxf6 29. g7 Bxg7 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Bg6 Rxd4 32. Ne2 e5 33. Nxd4 exd4 34.  Bxe8 Qxe8 35. Re1 Qf7 36. Qe4 Kg8 37. Ra3 Bf5 38. Qc6 Bc2 39. Rf3 Qg6 40. Re6  Qg5 41. Rf7 1-0

 [Event "Nutcracker Classical 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.12.23"]  [Round "4.3"]  [White "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D14"]  [WhiteElo "2712"]  [BlackElo "2662"]  [PlyCount "99"]  [EventDate "2014.12.20"]  [WhiteTeam "Kings"]  [BlackTeam "Princes"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3  Bb4 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be2 Ne4 12. f3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be7 14. O-O O-O  15. c4 c5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qe4 cxd4 19. exd4 Bf6 20. Be5 Bxe5 21.  Qxe5 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 g6 23. Rab1 Qd6 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. a4 Rad8 26. Rb7 a5 27. Ra7  Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxa5 Bc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. g4 Rc2 32. Rb5 Ra2 33. a5 h6  34. h4 Kg7 35. Kf1 Kf6 36. Ke1 Ke6 37. Kd1 Kd6 38. h5 Kc7 39. Ke1 Kd7 40. Rb7+  Ke8 41. Rb8+ Ke7 42. hxg6 fxg6 43. Ra8 g5 44. a6 Kf7 45. Kd1 Kg7 46. Kc1 Ra3  47. Kb2 Rxf3 48. Rb8 Rf2+ 49. Kb3 Rf3+ 50. Kb4 1-0

 [Event "Nutcracker Classical 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.12.23"]  [Round "4.4"]  [White "Leko, Peter"]  [Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E01"]  [WhiteElo "2723"]  [BlackElo "2543"]  [PlyCount "87"]  [EventDate "2014.12.20"]  [WhiteTeam "Kings"]  [BlackTeam "Princes"]   1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2  b6 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. b3 Na6 11. Nc3 c5 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. Qb2 Nbxd5 14. dxc5 Bxc5  15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bc3 Ne4 17. Bd4 Qe7 18. b4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 Rac8 20. Rac1 Qf6  21. e3 h6 22. a3 Rfd8 23. h4 Qe5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. Re1 Nd6 27. Qe2  Rc8 28. Rd1 Ne4 29. Re1 Rc3 30. Qb2 Rc4 31. Re2 Qc7 32. Rc2 Nd6 33. Bxd5 exd5  34. Kg2 Qe7 35. Kg1 Qe4 36. Rd2 Rc8 37. Rc2 Nc4 38. Qc1 a5 39. b5 a4 40. Rc3  Rc5 41. Rc2 Qd3 42. Rc3 Qe4 43. Rc2 Qd3 44. Rc3 1/2-1/2

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Nutcracker Match of the Generations 2014

By Yelena Dembo | December 23, 2014 - 08:29 |December 23, 2014 Nutcracker Match of the Generations 2014

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Kings lead with 13-11 score versus the Princes after Shirov’s win over Oparin.

Results of the 3rd round

Shirov 3 1-0 3 Oparin
Dreev 2 1/2 2 Fedoseev
Dubov 1 1/2 2 Morozevich
Artemiev 2 1/2 1 Leko

Games of the round

 [Event "Nutcracker Classical 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.12.22"]  [Round "3.1"]  [White "Shirov, Alexei"]  [Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B90"]  [WhiteElo "2675"]  [BlackElo "2543"]  [PlyCount "97"]  [EventDate "2014.12.20"]  [WhiteTeam "Kings"]  [BlackTeam "Princes"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3  Be6 9. Bg2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. c3 Rb8 14. Bd2 bxc3 15.  Bxc3 Be7 16. b4 O-O 17. O-O Qb6 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Rfb1 Bd8 20. b5 a5 21. Bb2 Nc5  22. Ba3 Rc8 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rc1 Nd7 25. Nc3 Qb8 26. Ne4 Bb6 27. Qg5 Qc7 28.  h4 Rc8 29. Nxc5 Nxc5 30. Qxh5 Re8 31. Be4 Qd8 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Ra3 Ke7 34. Rf3  Rg8 35. Qf5 Qf8 36. Qg5+ f6 37. Qg4 Qf7 38. Bh7 Rf8 39. Be4 Rg8 40. h5 Rh8 41.  Rf5 Kd8 42. Qf3 Kc7 43. Rg5 Rf8 44. Rg6 Kb8 45. Bf5 Qb7 46. Rc4 Rf7 47. Kg2 Ka7  48. h6 gxh6 49. Rxh6 1-0

 [Event "Nutcracker Classical 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.12.22"]  [Round "3.2"]  [White "Dreev, Aleksey"]  [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E34"]  [WhiteElo "2649"]  [BlackElo "2661"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2014.12.20"]  [WhiteTeam "Kings"]  [BlackTeam "Princes"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.  Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ne2 Bd7 12. a3 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Ne7 14. Bc4  Rc8 15. Qe2 a6 16. O-O Bc6 17. Bd3 f5 18. Rac1 O-O 19. Qh5 Qe5 20. Rfd1 Ng6 21.  Be2 b5 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Rc4 24. Rc2 Kh8 25. Rcd2 Nh4 26. Qb7 Rc7 27. Qb6  Qg7 28. g3 Rxc3 29. bxc3 Nf3+ 30. Kg2 Nxd2 31. Rxd2 Qxc3 32. Rd6 Qxa3 33. Qd4+  Kg8 34. Qf6 Qxd6 35. Qg5+ Kh8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qg5+ Kh8 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qg5+  Kh8 40. Qf6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Nutcracker Classical 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.12.22"]  [Round "3.3"]  [White "Dubov, Daniil"]  [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C07"]  [WhiteElo "2629"]  [BlackElo "2712"]  [PlyCount "43"]  [EventDate "2014.12.20"]  [WhiteTeam "Princes"]  [BlackTeam "Kings"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nc6 8.  Nb3 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Re1 Bf6 12. Nxe6 Qxd1 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14.  Rxd1+ Kxc7 15. Bf4+ Kb6 16. Be3+ Kc7 17. Bf4+ Kb6 18. Rd6+ Ka7 19. Be3+ Kb8 20.  Bf4 Ka7 21. Be3+ Kb8 22. Bf4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Nutcracker Classical 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.12.22"]  [Round "3.4"]  [White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]  [Black "Leko, Peter"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A35"]  [WhiteElo "2662"]  [BlackElo "2723"]  [PlyCount "201"]  [EventDate "2014.12.20"]  [WhiteTeam "Princes"]  [BlackTeam "Kings"]   1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. Qb3 e6 8. O-O  Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Qb5 Qa5 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. Rab1 Bd7  15. Rfc1 Rfe8 16. h4 Rad8 17. Be3 Ba4 18. Kf1 Nc6 19. Nd2 Ne5 20. Bf4 f5 21.  Bb7 h6 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Ba6 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Bb5 Bxb5 26. Rxb5 Kf7 27. a4  Rh8 28. Kg2 g4 29. a5 Bc7 30. Rbb1 Rh7 31. Rh1 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 Kg6 33. axb6 axb6  34. Ra1 Kf6 35. Ra7 Be5 36. Nc4 b5 37. Nxe5 Kxe5 38. Rb7 b4 39. cxb4 cxb4 40.  Rxb4 Ra8 41. Rb1 Ra2 42. Kf1 Kf6 43. Rc1 Ke5 44. Ke1 Kf6 45. Kd1 Ke5 46. Rc2  Ra1+ 47. Kd2 Rf1 48. Ke3 Kf6 49. Rc8 Re1 50. Rh8 Kg7 51. Rh2 Kg6 52. Kd2 Ra1  53. e4 Kf6 54. Rh8 Ke5 55. Rg8 Rf1 56. Ke2 Ra1 57. Rb8 fxe4 58. Rb5+ Kf6 59.  dxe4 Ra3 60. Rb8 Ke5 61. Rg8 Ra2+ 62. Kf1 Kxe4 63. Rxg4+ Kf5 64. Rf4+ Kg5 65.  Re4 Kf5 66. Re2 Ra3 67. Kg2 Rb3 68. Re3 Rb2 69. Rf3+ Kg5 70. Rf8 Rb3 71. f3 Rb1  72. Rg8+ Kf5 73. Rg4 Ra1 74. Rf4+ Kg5 75. Kf2 Ra3 76. Ke2 Rb3 77. Rd4 Kf5 78.  Rd3 Rb1 79. Ra3 Rc1 80. Ra5+ Kf6 81. g4 Rc3 82. Kf2 Rc1 83. Kg3 Rc4 84. Rh5 Kg6  85. Re5 Kf6 86. Re4 Rc1 87. Kf4 Rf1 88. Re2 Kf7 89. Re3 Kf6 90. g5+ Kf7 91. Re2  Rh1 92. Ke5 Rf1 93. f4 Ra1 94. Ke4 Rh1 95. Kf3 Rf1+ 96. Rf2 Rg1 97. Rg2 Rf1+  98. Kg4 Kg6 99. Re2 Rg1+ 100. Kf3 Kf7 101. Rg2 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 4th round

Fedoseev – Shirov
Dubov – Dreev
Morozevich – Artemiev
Leko – Oparin

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Nutcracker Match of the Generations 2014

By Yelena Dembo | December 22, 2014 - 08:56 |December 22, 2014 Nutcracker Match of the Generations 2014

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Morozevich helped the “Kings” by winning against Fedoseev in the second round and the score is 8-8 now.

Results of the 2nd round

Artemiev 1 1/2 2 Shirov
Oparin 2 1/2 1 Dreev
Morozevich 0 1-0 2 Fedoseev
Leko 0 1/2 0 Dubov

Games of the round

 [Event "Nutcracker Classical 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.12.21"]  [Round "2.1"]  [White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]  [Black "Shirov, Alexei"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A09"]  [WhiteElo "2662"]  [BlackElo "2675"]  [PlyCount "109"]  [EventDate "2014.12.20"]  [WhiteTeam "Princes"]  [BlackTeam "Kings"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O a5 7. Na3 Bc5 8. Nc2  O-O 9. a3 Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. b3 e4 13. dxe4 Rxe4 14. Nfe1 Re8 15.  Nd3 Bd6 16. Qd2 Bf5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Ne5 20. c5 Bxd3 21. exd3  Bf8 22. Re1 Rb8 23. Nxd4 Rd8 24. Re4 b6 25. Rf4 Qe7 26. Re4 Qf6 27. Rf4 Qe7 28.  cxb6 cxb6 29. Qe3 Ng6 30. Qxe7 Nxe7 31. Bf1 Nd5 32. Nc6 Rc8 33. Rc4 b5 34. Rc2  Ra8 35. d4 Nxb4 36. Nxb4 Bxb4 37. Bxb5 Kf8 38. Kg2 Rd8 39. Rc4 Ba5 40. Bc6 Ke7  41. Kf3 Rb8 42. Rc2 Kd6 43. Ke4 Rb4 44. Bd5 f5+ 45. Ke3 Bb6 46. Bc4 g5 47. f4  gxf4+ 48. gxf4 Ra4 49. Rb2 Kc6 50. Kd3 Ra3+ 51. Bb3 Kb5 52. Kc3 Ba5+ 53. Kc2  Bc7 54. Bd5+ Ka6 55. Bc4+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Nutcracker Classical 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.12.21"]  [Round "2.2"]  [White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]  [Black "Dreev, Aleksey"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D47"]  [WhiteElo "2543"]  [BlackElo "2649"]  [PlyCount "85"]  [EventDate "2014.12.20"]  [WhiteTeam "Princes"]  [BlackTeam "Kings"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3  b4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. O-O Bd6 12. a3 bxa3 13. Nd2 O-O 14. b3 Qc7 15.  Bxa3 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nc4 Qe7 19. Kg1 Rfc8 20. Ra5 Rc7 21.  Qd3 h6 22. Ne5 Qb4 23. Bh7+ Kf8 24. Nxd7+ Rxd7 25. Rfa1 Rd5 26. Rxa7 Rxa7 27.  Rxa7 Rb5 28. Be4 Qe1+ 29. Qf1 Qxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rxb3 31. Ke2 g6 32. Kd2 Rb6 33. g3  h5 34. Bd3 Ke7 35. e4 g5 36. Ra5 Kf6 37. f4 gxf4 38. gxf4 h4 39. Rh5 Rb2+ 40.  Bc2 Ra2 41. Kc3 Ra3+ 42. Kb4 Rh3 43. e5+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Nutcracker Classical 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.12.21"]  [Round "2.3"]  [White "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "E36"]  [WhiteElo "2712"]  [BlackElo "2661"]  [PlyCount "77"]  [EventDate "2014.12.20"]  [WhiteTeam "Kings"]  [BlackTeam "Princes"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 8.  Bf4 Ba6 9. Qxc7 Qxc7 10. Bxc7 O-O 11. Bxb8 Raxb8 12. f3 Nd5 13. Kd2 f5 14. e3  Bxf1 15. Rxf1 e5 16. dxe5 Rfd8 17. Ke2 Rbc8 18. Rd1 Rc2+ 19. Ke1 Rd7 20. Ne2  Rxb2 21. Ng3 f4 22. exf4 Kf7 23. f5 Ke7 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Kxd2 g6 26. Rc1 gxf5  27. Rc6 f4 28. Nf5+ Kd8 29. Rd6 Rxd6 30. Nxd6 Kd7 31. Kd3 Ke6 32. Ke4 Nc3+ 33.  Kxf4 b5 34. Nb7 Nb1 35. Ke4 Nxa3 36. f4 b4 37. f5+ Ke7 38. f6+ Kf8 39. Nd6 1-0

 [Event "Nutcracker Classical 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.12.21"]  [Round "2.4"]  [White "Leko, Peter"]  [Black "Dubov, Daniil"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C17"]  [WhiteElo "2723"]  [BlackElo "2629"]  [PlyCount "96"]  [EventDate "2014.12.20"]  [WhiteTeam "Kings"]  [BlackTeam "Princes"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. Nb5  Bb6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Nge7 11. Nbxd4 h5 12. Qg3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4  Nf5 15. Qf4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. c3 Qxd4 18. cxd4 Bd7 19. Kd2 Ke7 20. Bd3 Rhc8  21. Rhc1 a5 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. b5 Bd7 24. Rc1 Kd8 25. a4 Be8 26. Ke3 b6 27. Kf4  f6 28. h4 Ra7 29. f3 Rc7 30. Rxc7 Kxc7 31. g4 Kd7 32. Kg3 Ke7 33. f4 hxg4 34.  Kxg4 g6 35. Bc2 Bf7 36. Bd3 Be8 37. Bb1 Bf7 38. Bc2 Be8 39. Bd1 Bf7 40. Be2 Be8  41. Bf3 Bf7 42. Kg3 f5 43. h5 gxh5 44. Kh4 Be8 45. Bxh5 Bd7 46. Kg5 Bc8 47. Kh6  Bd7 48. Kg7 Bc8 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 3rd round

Shirov – Oparin
Dreev – Fedoseev
Dubov – Morozevich
Artemiev – Leko

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Nutcracker Match of the Generations 2014

By Yelena Dembo | December 21, 2014 - 07:46 |December 21, 2014 Nutcracker Match of the Generations 2014

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Playing Hall

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There are two events planned – Classical and Rapid.

The participants are:

Kings – Leko, Shirov, Dreev and Morozevich

Princes – Artemiev, Fedoseev, Dubov and Oparin

Results of the 1st round

Shirov 1-0 Dubov

Dreev 1/2 Artemiev

Oparin 1-0 Morozevich

Fedoseev 1-0 Leko

Games of the round

 [Event "Nutcracker Classical 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.12.20"]  [Round "1.1"]  [White "Shirov, Alexei"]  [Black "Dubov, Daniil"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A56"]  [WhiteElo "2675"]  [BlackElo "2629"]  [PlyCount "87"]  [EventDate "2014.12.20"]  [WhiteTeam "Kings"]  [BlackTeam "Princes"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Bd3 d6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 e6 9.  Nf3 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bh2 Bh6 14. Re1 Bf4 15. g3  Bh6 16. Bf1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qd4+ 19. Kg2 Qb4 20. Qd2 f5 21. e5 dxe5  22. Rxe5 Bg7 23. Re7 Nf6 24. Bg1 Bd7 25. Kh2 Rad8 26. Bg2 h5 27. d6 Bc6 28.  Bxc6 bxc6 29. Rd1 Rf7 30. Qe2 Bf8 31. Re5 h4 32. Bxc5 hxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Qb3 34.  Rd3 Qb7 35. b4 Rh7 36. Kg2 Rh4 37. Rg3 Nh5 38. Rxg6+ Kh7 39. Rxf5 Kxg6 40. Qe6+  Kh7 41. Rf7+ Kh8 42. Bd4+ Bg7 43. Bxg7+ Nxg7 44. Qf6 1-0

 [Event "Nutcracker Classical 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.12.20"]  [Round "1.2"]  [White "Dreev, Aleksey"]  [Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D91"]  [WhiteElo "2649"]  [BlackElo "2662"]  [PlyCount "143"]  [EventDate "2014.12.20"]  [WhiteTeam "Kings"]  [BlackTeam "Princes"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.  cxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nc6 14.  Rhc1 Rd8 15. Rc5 Be6 16. a4 Bd5 17. Ke1 e6 18. Rcc1 Rdc8 19. Bd6 Na5 20. Bb5  Nb3 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rb1 Na5 23. Bb4 Be4 24. Rd1 Nb3 25. Bd3 Bd5 26. Ba3 f5  27. Rb1 Rc3 28. Be2 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Rxa3 30. Nb5 Rxa4 31. Nc7 Be4 32. Rd1 Ra1 33.  f3 Bd5 34. Nxd5 exd5 35. Rxa1 Bxa1 36. Bd1 Kf7 37. Bb3 Ke6 38. e4 fxe4 39. fxe4  b5 40. Bxd5+ Kd6 41. Bg8 h6 42. Kd2 Be5 43. h4 Kc5 44. Bf7 Kb4 45. Be8 g5 46.  hxg5 hxg5 47. Bd7 a6 48. Bc8 a5 49. Bd7 a4 50. Kd3 Ka5 51. Bg4 Kb6 52. Bd7 Kc5  53. Be8 Kb4 54. Bd7 Kb3 55. Bxb5 a3 56. Bc4+ Kb2 57. Bf7 Bf6 58. Be6 Be5 59.  Bf7 Bf6 60. Be6 Bd8 61. Kd4 a2 62. Bxa2 Kxa2 63. Kd5 Kb3 64. Kd6 Kc4 65. Kd7  Kd4 66. Kxd8 Kxe4 67. Ke7 Kf5 68. Kf7 g4 69. Kg7 Kf4 70. Kg6 Kg3 71. Kg5 Kxg2  72. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Nutcracker Classical 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.12.20"]  [Round "1.3"]  [White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]  [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B48"]  [WhiteElo "2543"]  [BlackElo "2712"]  [PlyCount "119"]  [EventDate "2014.12.20"]  [WhiteTeam "Princes"]  [BlackTeam "Kings"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Nxd4 8.  Bxd4 Ne7 9. Qe3 b5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. f4 f6 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Rd2 h5 14. Rhd1 Bc6  15. Bf3 b4 16. Ne2 f5 17. Be5 Qb7 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Qd3 Qb5 21.  Qxb5 axb5 22. Rxd7 Ne3 23. R1d2 h4 24. Rb7 Nc4 25. Rd3 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Rh5 27.  Rxb5 Bc5 28. Rb7 Rxe5 29. Kd1 Rf5 30. Rxg7 Bf8 31. Rh7 Rf1+ 32. Kd2 Rb1 33. Nd4  Rg1 34. Re3 Rxg2+ 35. Kd3 Rg7 36. Rxh4 Rd7 37. Rxe6+ Kf7 38. Rf4+ Kg8 39. Rg6+  Bg7 40. Rb6 Rf8 41. Rxf8+ Bxf8 42. Rg6+ Kh7 43. Rg4 Ra7 44. Nc6 Rd7+ 45. Rd4  Rb7 46. Kc4 Kg6 47. Rd7 Rb6 48. Ne5+ Kg5 49. Nd3 Rh6 50. Kb3 Rh3 51. Rd4 Be7  52. Rc4 Kf5 53. Ka4 Rxh2 54. Nxb4 Ke6 55. Kb3 Rh3+ 56. c3 Rh2 57. a4 Kd7 58. a5  Bd8 59. a6 Bb6 60. Nd5 1-0

 [Event "Nutcracker Classical 2014"]  [Site "Moscow RUS"]  [Date "2014.12.20"]  [Round "1.4"]  [White "Fedoseev, Vladimir3"]  [Black "Leko, Peter"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A46"]  [WhiteElo "2661"]  [BlackElo "2723"]  [PlyCount "183"]  [EventDate "2014.12.20"]  [WhiteTeam "Princes"]  [BlackTeam "Kings"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 h6 5. Bh4 d5 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Bd3  O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. a4 Qc7 12. Qb1 a6 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 e5 15.  dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Ra3 Rfe8 18. b4 c4 19. Be2 Re7 20. Nf3 Qc7 21. Nd4  Rae8 22. Bf3 Re5 23. Ra2 Bc8 24. Qd1 Bd7 25. a5 b5 26. Rd2 Qd6 27. Nc2 h5 28.  Rd4 Bg4 29. Qd2 g6 30. Rd1 Qe7 31. Ne1 Kg7 32. Qb2 Qe6 33. Rc1 Rh8 34. Qd2 Re8  35. Rd1 Qe7 36. Qc1 Rh8 37. R1d2 Qe6 38. Rd1 Re8 39. Qd2 Qe7 40. Rc1 Rd8 41.  Nc2 Bf5 42. Qd1 Qe6 43. Rd2 Bxc2 44. Rcxc2 g5 45. Rd4 g4 46. Be2 Ne4 47. Qe1  Rh8 48. f4 Rf5 49. Bd1 Qh6 50. Kf1 Qg6 51. Rc1 h4 52. gxh4 g3 53. Bf3 Rxh4 54.  Ke2 Rh2 55. Qd1 Qe6 56. Rxe4 dxe4 57. Qd4+ Rf6 58. Bxe4 Qg4+ 59. Kd2 Qh5 60.  Rf1 Rh1 61. Rxh1 Qxh1 62. Qe5 Qh4 63. Kc1 Qg4 64. f5 Qg5 65. Bc2 Qh4 66. Kb2  Kg8 67. e4 Qg5 68. Qd4 Kf8 69. Qc5+ Kg7 70. Qc7 Qg4 71. e5 Rxf5 72. e6 Qe2 73.  Qxg3+ Kf8 74. Qd6+ Kg7 75. Qd4+ Rf6 76. g4 Qf2 77. Qe5 Kf8 78. Qb8+ Ke7 79.  Qb7+ Kxe6 80. Qxa6+ Ke7 81. Qxb5 Qe2 82. Qc5+ Kd7 83. Qb5+ Kc7 84. a6 Rf2 85.  Qa5+ Kb8 86. Qb6+ Kc8 87. Qc6+ Kd8 88. Qa4 Qe3 89. a7 Rxc2+ 90. Kxc2 Qf2+ 91.  Kb1 Qe1+ 92. Kb2 1-0

Pairings of the 2nd round

Artemiev – Shirov
Oparin – Dreev
Morozevich – Fedoseev
Leko – Dubov

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