The Austrian Chess Federation organizes Mitropa Cup 2015 from 13-22nd June at the Congress Zillertal in Mayrhofen/Austria, in the unique environment of the Alps.

Chess federations entitled to take part in the Mitropa Cup 2015 are: Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland.

Mitropa Cup is a team event for ten European Federations which will be held in two sections: Open and Women. Each team consists of four players in the open section, two women in the women’s section, plus 1 reserve player.

The federations have to confirm their participation until 20th February 2015. The registration of the team compositions has to be done until 30th May 2015.

The tournament will be played as a round robin in 9 rounds, with the time control of 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game + 30 seconds increment for each move starting from one.

Contact: Mr. Walter Kastner
Phone: +43 664 840-480-4
e-mail: office@chess.at

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