The mostly-juniors composed team MITROPA scored 50% of the points in the though first day of the World Rapid Teams Championship. After a difficult start with ASHDOD elite, featuring Super GMs Eljanov, Volokitin, Fridman and Smirin, where Nicolas Perossa and Silvia Bordin, however, managed to conduct very aggressive games against their opponent, our team struck 6-0 Unischach Bayreuth. In the […]
WGM FIDE Trainer Aleksandra Dimitrijević will join the MITROPA Team for the World Rapid Team Championship as a trainer for our juniors. Former European U20 Rapid&Blitz Champion, Winner of the European Super Cup U18, and Team medalist U18 and U20, several times Yugoslavian Champion, and medalist many other times, four times player in the Bosnian Women’s Olympic team, one of […]
On August 25th-29th, the World Team Rapid Championship will be held in Germany. We are happy to inform you that FIDE granted Mitropa the possibility to enter a team in the championship. According to the regulations (that might be found here: https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/WRTC2023), teams will have to cover their accommodation and travel expenses, so the players will be responsible for their […]
France’s teams won gold medals in both the open and women’s sections at Mitropa Chess Cup 2023, organised by the Croatian Chess Federation in Mali Lošinj. The closing ceremony featured the presence of some honourable guests: the Mayor of Mali Lošinj, Mrs Anna Kučić, and the President of the European Chess Union, Mr Zurab Azmaiparashvili. The President of Mitropa Chess […]
The MCA Board held a meeting in Mali Lošinj, during the eighth round of the Mitropa Cup, on April 19th, 2023. Among the topics, the board discussed the status of the partnership agreement with FIDE and the 2024 Mitropa Cup in Germany. Many new projects were discussed, including future activities. The board gave a mandate to Nina Rob to create […]
After the eighth round of the event, Italy and France teams in the Open section are sharing the first place, and France in the Women’s Section is solo leading in the Mitropa Cup 2023.Today’s eighth round was opened by the ceremonial first move made in the match France – Germany in the Open section by the President of the Mitropa […]
The Mitropacup 2023 will be held at Hotel Aurora in Mali Losinj, Croatia, from 11 to 19 April. The island of Losinj is a well-known tourist destination in Croatia, famous for its beaches, best air quality, pine forests and hiking trails along the sea. All 10 Mitropa countries are represented in both the open class and the women’s class. Each […]
The Croation Chess Federations organizes the Mitropacup from 10th April to 20th April 2023 in Mali Losinj, island Losinj, Croatia. The Mitropacup will be held in an open section and a women section. Each team consists of four players and one reserve. The federations need to confirm the participation of their teams until 1st March 2023 and the team compositions […]
The MITROPA countries Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland founded the Mitropa Chess Association (MCA) in a meeting after the ECU General Assembly on November 13, 2021 in Catez, Slovenia. Theodorus Tsorbatzoglou, Secretary General of the European Chess Union, attended the meeting as a guest. The statutes were signed by the representatives of the […]
