The Mitropa Chess Cup 2022 opened yesterday in Corti, France, and takes place from 27th April – 8th May in the Sports complex (COSEC) of Corti under the ECU auspices.
Teams of Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland compete in 9 rounds within two sections: Open and Women.
The open section teams are: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, France, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Corsica (organisers team) and Switzerland. 44 players represent their teams, and among the top seeded players are: Moussard Jules (France, 2630), Erdos Viktor (Hungary, 2604), Pechac Jergus (Slovakia, 2597), Moroni Luca Jr (Italy, 2584), Basso Pier Luigi (Italy, 2583), Babula Vlastimil (Czech Republic, 2574).
Starting list of the teams, teams composition, pairings & results can be found here.
Teams of Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia, France, Hungary, Czech Republic, Croatia, Germany and Slovakia are all represented in Women’s event. Italian team with an average rating of 2296 leads the battlefield. Among the top seed players of Women’s section are: Guichard Pauline (France, 2371), Unuk Laura (Slovenia, 2346), Zimina Olga (Italy, 2345), Brunello Marina (Italy, 2337), Gaal Zsoka (Hungary, 2319), Movsesian Julia (Czech Republic, 2313).
Starting list, composition of teams, pairings & results of Women’s section can be found here.
All the games of Mitropa Chess Cup 2022 are broadcasted LIVE, and the games can be followed every day from 15:00 CET on the Official website of the event.
The Mitropa Cup is the annual team chess tournament for national teams from Central Europe. The traditional team event this year brings together 10 nations competing against each other in an Open and a Women section on 4 boards each. Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland. The event commenced in 1976 in Innsbruck.