Mitropacup: Highlights of the first three rounds

Three rounds have now been played at the Mitropacup 2025 in Trencin, Slovakia. Time for a brief review and some initial highlights.

In the open class, the Czech Republic got off to the best start with three wins against Austria, Hungary and Slovakia 2 and leads with maximum points ahead of Slovakia 1, which shared the points with Switzerland and has five points after wins against Italy and Slovakia 2. Austria and Germany also have two wins.

In the women’s section, Switzerland is still unblemished with wins against Germany, Italy and Slovakia. France and Hungary are one point behind.

Sergej Movsesian, who is the presenter of the live commentary, kindly provides us with two highlights per round. Here are those from the first three rounds:

Links:
Results/games/photos at Chess-Results
Live broadcast at Lichess
Live commentary on FaceBook, live commentary on Youtube