Nutcracker Battle of the Generations 2018

The Nutcracker tournament is held from 17-22 December in the Botvinnik Central Chess Club in Moscow. Main event features Gelfand, Leko, Short and Najer take on Paravyan, Sarana, Esipenko and Lomasov. It consist 2 teams Kings vs. Princes and Boys vs. Girls facing each other.

Each player first plays a classical game against each member of the opposing team. They then play two rapid games against each opposing player. The classical games are worth double - 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. 

Schedule in UTC:

Round 1    Dec 17, 2018    12:00    
Round 2    Dec 18, 2018    12:00    
Round 3    Dec 19, 2018    12:00    
Round 4    Dec 20, 2018    12:00    
Round 5    Dec 21, 2018    12:00    
Round 6    Dec 21, 2018    13:15    
Round 7    Dec 21, 2018    14:30    
Round 8    Dec 21, 2018    15:45    
Round 9    Dec 22, 2018    12:00    
Round 10    Dec 22, 2018    13:15    
Round 11    Dec 22, 2018    14:30    
Round 12    Dec 22, 2018    15:45