
In 2011 the Mitropa Cup is a European team tournament, which is designed
to give strong young players a challenging competition opportunity, took
place in France and the German team took first place; last year it was in
Croatia and the German ladies reached the top spot. This year it is being
held in Germany, from 1 to 9 June, in Meissen, Dr.-Eberle-Platz 1 in the
fourth floor.
Open
Rang |
Team |
ELO Ø
|
1. |
Austria |
2467
|
2. |
Croatia |
2547
|
3. |
Czech Rep. |
2527
|
4. |
Frankreich |
2454
|
5. |
Germany |
2544
|
6. |
Hungary |
2502
|
7. |
Italy |
2535
|
8. |
Slovakia |
2474
|
9. |
Slovenia |
2395
|
10. |
Switzerland |
2459
|
Results
and standings here
|
Women
Rang |
Team |
ELO Ø
|
1. |
Austria |
2124
|
2. |
Croatia |
2123
|
3. |
Czech Rep. |
2137
|
4. |
Germany |
2261
|
5. |
Hungary |
2179
|
6. |
Italy |
2328
|
7. |
Poland |
1948
|
8. |
Slovakia |
2356
|
9. |
Slovenia |
2222
|
10. |
Switzerland |
2218
|
Results
and standings here
|
Spectacle of the Mind II
To kick off the event the world's number two player, Armenian GM Levon
Aronian, played a clock simul against six German juniors. The time controls
were two hours for 40 moves and half an hour for the rest of the game, with
an increment of 30 seconds per move. Mind you, each player got this, while
Aronian had the playing time for all six games. This is how Aronian, rated
2813, scored:
Bo. |
Name |
Result
|
Title |
Name |
Rtg |
1 |
Aronian Levon |
½-½
|
IM |
Blübaum Matthias |
2511 |
2 |
Aronian Levon |
½-½
|
IM |
Wagner Dennis |
2487 |
3 |
Aronian Levon |
1-0
|
IM |
Donchenko Alexander |
2452 |
4 |
Aronian Levon |
1-0
|
IM |
Svane Rasmus |
2440 |
5 |
Aronian Levon |
½-½
|
|
Klek Hanna-Marie |
2267 |
6 |
Aronian Levon |
1-0
|
WFM |
Osmanodja Filiz |
2255 |
The venue Museum of the clock simul was the Museum
of MEISSEN Art, is the most comprehensive collection of Meissen Porcelains
in the world. The museum was opened as a showroom of the manufactory in
1916, and today takes you on an enticing journey through more than 300 years
of porcelain history. Numerous pieces from 1710 to the present day are arranged
chronologically to illustrate design developments through the ages.

Meissen porcelain
or Meissen china is the first European hard-paste porcelain that was developed
from 1708 by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus. The production of porcelain
at Meissen, near Dresden, started in 1710 and attracted artists and artisans
to establish one of the most famous porcelain manufacturers, still in business
today as Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen GmbH. Its signature logo,
the crossed swords, was introduced in 1720 to protect its production; the
mark of the crossed swords is one of the oldest trademarks in existence.
It dominated the style of European porcelain until 1756.

The simul was held in the main hallway of the
Museum of MEISSEN Art ...

... with the simul master playing amidst porcelain
statues and a pipe organ

A bird's eye-viel of the 6:1 time odds match

Levon Aronian pondering move ten of a Modern
Defence against ...

... 18-year-old math student Hanna Marie Klek,
rated 2267, who held him to a draw.

Aronian considers what to do after the move
13...b3 in a Slav against 16-year-old IM Matthias Blübaum, who has
a GM norm and a 2511 rating. The game was drawn.

The games against Filiz Osmanodja and Rasmus
Svane were both won by Aronian

The 17-year-old WFM Filiz Osmanodja won silver
in the U12
World Championship five years ago. Her rating today is 2255

16-year-old IM Svane Rasmus, rated 2440, is
of Danish extraction

Final score for the world's number two: 4.5/6
(+3 =3 –0)
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