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Mitropa Cup: German teams lead both sections

2/20/2024 – The Mitropa Cup is taking place on February 15-23 in Apolda, Germany. Ten teams from Central Europe (also including Italy) are playing single round-robins in the open and the women’s categories. After five rounds, the German squads are leading both competitions. In the open, Germany has a perfect 10/10 score, while in the women’s, Germany has drawn twice so far, with Switzerland and Slovakia. | Photo: Frank Hoppe
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Czech Republic wins Mitropa Cup

6/29/2016 – This year's Mitropa Cup was played in Prague, from 19th to 27th June. The Mitropa Cup is a round-robin team event, in which ten Middle European nations take part, each nation ideally starting with a team in the open event and a team in the women's event. This year the Czechs won in the open section while Germany succeeded in the women's event.

Mitropa Cup: Hungary and Italy take gold

5/31/2014 – The Mitropa Cub in chess holds a unique status as a team event with national squads without being part of any of the official FIDE cycles. Despite this, it is now in its 33rd edition, with a full roster of teams and grandmasters playing. The men's event was won by Hungary thanks in large part to a monster result by Peter Acs, the Italians took the women's. A large illustrated report.

Aronian's clock simul at the Mitropa Cup

6/2/2013 – The Mitropa European team tournament designed to give strong young players a challenging competition opportunity. The first opportunity members of the German team got was in a 6:1 time odds clock simul against the world's number two player Levon Aronian. The event took place in the beautiful Meissner Museum, which treasures 300 years of porcelain history. Pictorial report.
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