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This is to be held in Moscow from 17-22 December. It's an unusual format where competition consists of two separate team events: Generations tournament (KINGS and PRINCES teams) and Boys and girls’ tournament (boys 11–12 years, girls 16–18 years). It's also a mix of Classical and Rapid.

“Kings”: (Classical & Rapid ratings)
GM Boris Gelfand (ISR) – 2673/2715;
GM Evgeniy Najer (RUS) – 2670/2653;
GM Peter Leko (HUN) – 2669/2686;
GM Nigel Short (ENG) - 2646/2652.

“Princes”:
GM David Paravyan (RUS) – 2634/2611;
GM Alexey Sarana (RUS) – 2618/2617.
GM Andrey Esipenko (RUS) – 2593/2643;
IM Semyon Lomasov (RUS) – 2553/2416.

Boys:
FM Volodar Murzin (RUS) – 2336/2259;
FM Ilya Makoveev (RUS) – 2257/2173;
Robert Safin (RUS) – 2121/1917;
Aleksey Grebnev (RUS) – 2040/1748.

Girls:
WGM Alexandra Obolentseva (RUS) – 2353/2163;
WIM Aleksandra Dimitrova (RUS) – 2233/2072;
WFM Ekaterina Goltseva (RUS) – 2153/2155;
WFM Kamaliya Bulatova (RUS) – 2007/1960.

More detail here

First round report.

Princes 6 Kings 2 (notable results - Andrey Esipenko defeated Peter Leko, Evgeniy Najer lost to Alexey Sarana, Nigel drew)

Girls 5 - Boys 3

We're into the third round of this event now where Gelfand was defeated by 18 year old Sarana and Nigel played a wonderful game as White to beat Paravyan.

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bf6 Bf6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Ba2 g6 14. c3 Bg7 15. Qd3 Ne7 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. Bd5 Bd5 18. Qd5 Qb6 19. Rab1 Rfd8 20. Qa2 Bf6 21. Rd5 Rc5 22. Rbd1 Rd5 23. Rd5 Rc8 24. Ne1 Qc6 25. Qb1 Be7 26. Nc2 Qa4 27. Ne3 Kg7 28. Rd1 Qb3 29. Nd5 Bd8 30. g3 Bb6 31. Rd2 Bc5 32. Qd3 Rf8 33. g4 f6 34. h3 a5 35. Kg2 a4 36. Qe2 Kh8 37. h4 f5 38. ef5 gf5 39. gf5 Rf5 40. f4 Rf8 41. Kh2 Rg8 42. fe5 Qa2 43. Qf1 Bg1 44. Kh3
Scores:
Princes 13 Kings 11
Girls 15 Boys 9

Full report and games here

It seems that the above game was the zenith for Nigel, who totalled 2.5/4 in classical games but only 0.5/8 (!) in rapid.

Leonard Barden wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 22, 2018 2:36 pm

It seems that the above game was the zenith for Nigel, who totalled 2.5/4 in classical games but only 0.5/8 (!) in rapid.

It looks like 1.5/8 to me. Anyway, despite this handicap the old guys seem to have won.

NickFaulks wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 22, 2018 3:36 pm

Leonard Barden wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 22, 2018 2:36 pm

It seems that the above game was the zenith for Nigel, who totalled 2.5/4 in classical games but only 0.5/8 (!) in rapid.

It looks like 1.5/8 to me. Anyway, despite this handicap the old guys seem to have won.

My mistake there was wrong information on ChessBomb, 1.5/8 is correct with a win against Esipenko.

Nigel: "Played like a FIDE Vice President today. And that is NOT a compliment. Simply awful."

Nigel gets schooled!