Nutcracker Generation Tournament Starts on December 16 in Moscow.

A traditional Christmas event – Nutcracker Generation Tournament – will be held on December 16-23 in the Central House of Chess Player in Moscow. There will be two Scheveningen matches: Kings vs. Princes and Queens vs. Princesses.

The lineup of the Kings: Boris Gelfand (Israel), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Alexei Shirov (Latvia), Alexey Dreev (Russia);

Princes: Vladimir Fedoseev, Daniil Dubov, Vladislav Artemiev, Grigoriy Oparin;

Queens: Alisa Galliamova, Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, Elena Zaiats, Galina Strutinskaya;

Princesses: Polina Shuvalova, Elizaveta Solozhenkina, Aleksandra Dimitrova, Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (all – Russia).

For more details please see the attached press release.

Official website of the Russian Chess Federation - http://ruchess.ru/

English version - http://ruchess.ru/en/

Press service of the Russian Chess Federation

Eteri Kublashvili