The 2022 Mitropa Chess Cup took place from 27th April – 8th May in Corti, Corsica France. The traditional event for teams from Central Europe was played in 9 round-robin rounds within Open and Women’s sections.
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French teams won the historical double gold, winning both Mitropa Cup events. The French team in the Open section scored convincing 16 match points to win the event, with Slovakia taking silver with 14 match points. Bronze came to Hungary scoring 13 match points.
A dramatic final round decided the Winner of the Women’s section as France and Slovenia had a direct encounter in the round 9. A narrow 2.5-1.5 victory for France brought the Winning trophy to the team and a historical result. Replay the games here. Slovenia came second with 12 match points, and Hugary claimed bronze with 11 match points thanks to the best board results compared to Italy and Slovakia who had the same scored and tied for bronze.
Final crosstable – Mitropa Chess Cup 2022 (Open section):
| Rk. | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | France | * | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3 | 3½ | 3 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 0 |
| 2 | Slovakia | 2½ | * | 1 | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 1½ | 3 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 0 |
| 3 | Hungary | 1½ | 3 | * | 2 | ½ | 2½ | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 13 | 18 | 0 |
| 4 | Italy | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | * | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | 4 | 11 | 18 | 0 |
| 5 | Switzerland | ½ | 1 | 3½ | 2 | * | 2 | 2½ | 1 | 3½ | 10 | 16 | 0 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | * | 2 | 2½ | 3½ | 9 | 16 | 0 |
| 7 | Germany | ½ | 2½ | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | * | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 0 |
| 8 | Austria | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 3 | 1½ | 2 | * | 3 | 7 | 15 | 0 |
| 9 | Corsica | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 2 | 5 | 0 |
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Final crosstable – Mitropa Chess Cup 2022 (Women’s section):
| Rk. | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | France | * | 2½ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 0 |
| 2 | Slovenia | 1½ | * | 2 | 2 | 3½ | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2½ | 4 | 12 | 22 | 0 |
| 3 | Hungary | 2 | 2 | * | 1½ | 3 | 3½ | 2½ | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 0 |
| 4 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 2½ | * | ½ | 1½ | 2½ | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 0 |
| 5 | Slovakia | 2 | ½ | 1 | 3½ | * | 2½ | ½ | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 11 | 18 | 0 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 1½ | 1 | ½ | 2½ | 1½ | * | 2½ | 2½ | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 0 |
| 7 | Austria | 2 | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 3½ | 1½ | * | 2½ | 2 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 0 |
| 8 | Croatia | 2 | 4 | 2½ | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | * | 1 | 2½ | 7 | 17 | 0 |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 3 | * | 1 | 6 | 15 | 0 |
| 10 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 1½ | 3 | * | 4 | 13 | 0 |
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The Vice-President of French Chess Federation Jean-Baptiste Mullon and WIM Adreea Navrotescu shared their excitement about the French team’s results on twitter:
The Mitropa Cup is the annual team chess tournament for national teams from Central Europe. The traditional team event 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.
