Mitropa Cup

IM Gabor Papp of Texas Tech University helped Hungary beat France in round 1

Italy takes the lead at Mitropa Cup 2010
Caruana leads men team to victory, Elena Sedina gives the win to the women team

Italy took the lead in the open section of Mitropa Cup 2010. In the open section Caruana, Vocaturo, Brunello, and Rombaldoni were superior to their opponents from Austria winning 2 match points and 3,5 game points after convincing 3,5:0:5. Hungary is just half a game point behind after stable win 3:1 against France. Switzerland and Slovenia won against Slovakia and Czech Republic 2,5:1,5, while the only draw match of the day was Germany against Croatia.

In the women section Italy was the only victorious team 1,5:0,5 against Austria. The matches Czech Republic – Slovenia, Germany – Croatia, Slovakia – Switzerland, and France – Hungary finished draw.

Here are all the results from day 1. Replay all the games with computer analysis at Chessdom / Chessbomb live games platform.

Mitropa Cup men section

1 Czech Republic – 10 Slovenia 1½:2½

11 IM Simacek Pavel 2518 – GM Lenic Luka 2592 1 – 0
12 IM Zilka Stepan 2509 – GM Borisek Jure 2561 ½ – ½
13 IM Krejci Jan 2455 – IM Zorko Jure 2440 0 – 1
14 IM Talla Vladimir 2505 – Tomazini Aljosa 2231 0 – 1

2 Germany – 9 Croatia 2 : 2

21 IM Huschenbeth Niclas 2457 – GM Bosiocic Marin 2562 ½ – ½
22 GM Bindrich Falko 2539 – GM Jovanovic Zoran 2520 ½ – ½
23 GM Prusikin Michael 2520 – IM Martinovic Sasa 2515 ½ – ½
24 GM Baramidze David 2534 – GM Saric Ante 2489 ½ – ½

3 Italy – 8 Austria 3½: ½

31 GM Caruana Fabiano 2675 – GM Ragger Markus 2614 1 – 0
32 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2493 – IM Neubauer Martin 2458 1 – 0
33 IM Brunello Sabino 2467 – IM Kreisl Robert 2374 1 – 0
34 IM Rombaldoni Denis 2484 – IM Baumegger Siegfried 2414 ½ – ½

4 Slovakia – 7 Switzerland 1½:2½

41 IM Jurcik Marian 2487 – GM Jenni Florian 2520 0 – 1
42 IM Meszaros Michal 2393 – GM Gallagher Joseph G 2493 ½ – ½
43 FM Pacher Milan 2396 – FM Buss Ralph 2430 ½ – ½
44 Petenyi Tamas 2381 – Wyss Jonas 2253 ½ – ½

5 France – 6 Hungary 1 : 3

51 GM Fargere Francois 2489 – GM Rapport Richard 2509 0 – 1
52 IM Monroy Charles 2459 – IM Papp Gabor 2534 0 – 1
53 IM Roser Kevin 2429 – IM Szabo Krisztian 2506 ½ – ½
54 FM Tripoteau Nicolas 2425 – IM Pap Gyula 2496 ½ – ½

Mitropa Cup women section

1 Czech Republic – 10 Slovenia 1 : 1

11 WIM Havlikova Kristyna 2251 – WGM Krivec Jana 2340 1 – 0
12 WFM Olsarova Karolina 2191 – WIM Rozic Vesna 2271 0 – 1

2 Germany – 9 Croatia 1 : 1

21 WIM Fuchs Judith 2231 – WGM Medic Mirjana 2271 0 – 1
22 WIM Hoolt Sarah 2223 – WIM Franciskovic Borka 2261 1 – 0

3 Italy – 8 Austria 1½: ½

31 IM Sedina Elena 2342 – WIM Kopinits Anna-Christina 2158 1 – 0
32 WIM Brunello Marina 2218 – WFM Exler Veronika 2119 ½ – ½

4 Slovakia – 7 Switzerland 1 : 1

41 Mrvova Alena 2239 – WIM Heinatz Dr Gundula 2220 0 – 1
42 WFM Machalova Veronika 2163 – WIM Seps Monika 2181 1 – 0

5 France – 6 Hungary 1 : 1

51 WGM Maisuradze Nino 2250 – WGM Rudolf Anna 2344 1 – 0
52 WIM Flear Christine 2170 – WIM Papp Petra 2270 0 – 1

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Round 2 starts tomorrow at 14:00 CET live on Chessdom / Chessbomb!

All the information about Mitropa Cup, with participants and details, is available at the preview article.

Note: Rating averages in the men section are Italy 2547, Germany 2528, Slovenia 2526, Croatia 2522 Czech Republic 2514, Hungary 2511, Switzerland 2477, Austria 2465, France 2451, Slovakia 2444. In the women section the averages are Italy 2326, Hungary 2307, Slovenia 2306, Croatia 2266, Czech Republic 2249, Germany 2227, France 2210, Switzerland 2202, Slovakia 2201, Austria 2139.