Mitropa Cup 2006

Mitropa team event will be held on September 7th-15th in Brno, Czech Republic. Teams competing are: Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Czech Republic "A" and Czech Republic "B".

IM Viktor Erdos 2528, 1st board for Hungary

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Update - Round 7 standings:
1. Czech Republic "A" and Croatia - 17.5
3. Hungary - 17.0
4. Germany - 15.5
5. Czech Republic "B" - 15.0
6. Switzerland - 13.0
7-8. Slovenia and France - 12.5
9. Italy - 10.0
10. Slovakia - 9.5


IM Tomas Petrik 2523 - IM Viktor Erdos 2528
Slovakia - Hungary, board 1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. N2f3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Bd3 e5 12. Nxe5 Qe7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. f4 f6


15. Qh5 h6 16. O-O fxe5 17. fxe5 Qd7 18. Qg6 Qxd4+ 19. Kh1 Qxd3 20. Qxe8+ 1-0


GM Florian Jenni 2481 - IM Fabiano Caruana 2444
Switzerland - Italy, board 1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8. h4 f6 9. h5 fxe5 10. h6 gxh6 11. Bxh6 Qa5 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Ng5 O-O-O 14. Nf7 e4


15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Nxd8 Qxd8 17. Bb5 Rg8 18. Rxh7 Rxg2 19. Qh5 Rg1+ 20. Bf1 cxd4 21. Qh2 Rg8 22. cxd4 Nxd4 23. Qd6 Nf3+ 24. Kd1 Rg1 25. Qc5+ Nc6 26. Qb5 Qb6 27. Qxb6 axb6 28. Ke2 Ncd4+ 29. Ke3 Nxc2+ 0-1


Update - Final standings:
1. Hungary 21.5
2-3. Czech "A" and Croatia 21.0
4-5. Czech "B" and Germany 19.5
6-7. Slovenia and Switzerland 18.0
8. France 16.5
9. Italy 14.0
10. Slovakia 11.0