Mitropacup: Germany wins the double

Host nation Germany dominates the 2024 Mitropacup in Apolda, winning the men’s and women’s competitions. In the open class, Germany is flawless and wins all nine matches. The five grandmasters Matthias Bluebaum, Rasmus Svane, Alexander Donchenko, Dmitri Kollars and Frederik Svane are the five players with the highest rating in the field and live up to their role as favourites. […]

Mitropacup: Germany leads in both sections

Host nation Germany leads both sections of the Mitropacup in Apolda, Germany. In an ambitious line-up with five players from the top six, Germany is the clear favourite and is doing full justice to this. Coach Ian Gustafsson’s team is unbeaten in the open class and is after round 5 two points ahead of a strong Switzerland and three points […]

Mitropacup live from Apolda from 15 February

The Mitropacup 2024 will take place from 15 to 23 February in Apolda, Germany. All 10 Mitropa countries will field a team in the open and women’s categories. The German Chess Federation is organising the event in cooperation with the city of Apolda. As part of the supporting programme, the 1st Open Thuringian Senior Individual Championship will take place parallel […]

Mitropacup 2024 in Germany

The German Chess Federation is organising the Mitropa Cup 2024 from 14th to 23rd February in Apolda. The city of Apolda is the host. Venue is the city hall. There will be an open section and a women section. Each team consists of 4 players and 1 reserve player. One player acts as captain of each team. The following chess […]

Mitropacup starts April 11th, 15:00

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 […]

Mitropacup 2023 in Losinj, Croatia

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 […]

Mitropa Chess Association

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 […]