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Men: 2nd place for Hungary and 3rd place for Czech Republic!
Women: 2nd place for Germany and 3rd place for Hungary.

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Men final round:

5 - Czech Republic 10 - Hungary
6 - Croatia 4 - Switzerland
7 - Germany 3 - Slovenia
8 - Austria 2 - Italy
9 - Slovakia 1 - France

Women final round:

6 - Hungary 3 - Switzerland
2 - Austria 4 - Slovakia
1 - Germany 5 - Italy

Men online game: 6 - Croatia 4 - Switzerland ; 8 - Austria 2 - Italy
Women: 1 - Germany 5 - Italy

Games starts at 14.30.

Men 8th round:

10- Hungary 9 - Slovakia
1 - France 8 - Austria
2 - Italy 7 - Germany
3 - Slovenia 6 - Croatia
4 - Switzerland 5 - Czech Republic

Women 9th round:

5 - Italy 6 - Hungary
4 - Slovakia 1 - Germany
3 - Switzerland 2 - Austria

Men online game:
4 - Switzerland 5 - Czech Republic ; 2 - Italy 7 - Germany
Women: 5 - Italy 6 - Hungary

Games starts at 15.00.

Men 7th round:

4- Switzerland 10 - Hungary
5 - Czech Republic 3 - Slovenia
6 - Croatia 2 - Italy
7 - Germany 1 - France
8 - Austria 9 - Slovakia

Women 8th round:

6 - Hungary 2 - Austria
1 - Germany 3 - Switzerland
5 - Italy 4 - Slovakia

Men online game: 5 - Czech Republic 3 - Slovenia ; 6 - Croatia 2 - Italy
Women: 5 - Italy 4 - Slovakia

Games starts at 15.00.

Men 6th round:

10- Hungary 8 - Austria
9 - Slovakia 7 - Germany
1 - France 6 - Croatia
2 - Italy 5 - Czech Republic
3 - Slovenia 4 - Switzerland

Women 7th round:

4 - Slovakia 6 - Hungary
3 - Switzerland 5 - Italy
2 - Austria 1 - Germany

Men online game: 10- Hungary 8 - Austria and 2 - Italy 5 - Czech Republic . Women: 3 - Switzerland 5 - Italy

Games starts at 15.00.

Men 5th round start at 15:00.

3- Slovenia 10 - Hungary
4 - Switzerland 2 - Italy
5 - Czech Republic 1 - France
6 - Croatia 9 - Slovakia
7 - Germany 8 - Austria

Women 6th round start at 15:30

6 - Hungary 1 - Germany
5 - Italy 2 - Austria
4 - Slovakia 3 - Switzerland

Online men games: 5 - Czech Republic 1 - France ; 4 - Switzerland 2 - Italy
Online women game: 5 - Italy 2 - Austria

Women round 5 start at 9.00 am. Online game 6 - Hungary 5 - Italy.

For men:

10- Hungary 7 - Germany
8 - Austria 6 - Croatia
9 - Slovakia 5 - Czech Republic
1 - France 4 - Switzerland
2 - Italy 3 - Slovenia

women:

3 - Switzerland 6 - Hungary
4 - Slovakia 2 - Austria
5 - Italy 1 - Germany

Games start at 15.00. Online games for men: 10- Hungary 7 - Germany and 2 - Italy 3 - Slovenia; Women: 5 - Italy 1 - Germany.

For men:

2- Italy 10 - Hungary
3 - Slovenia 1 - France
4 - Switzerland 9 - Slovakia
5 - Czech Republic 8 - Austria
6 - Croatia 7 - Germany

women:

2 - Austria 6 - Hungary
3 - Switzerland 1 - Germany
4 - Slovakia 5 - Italy

Games start at 15.00. Online games for men: 3 - Slovenia 1 - France and 2- Italy 10 - Hungary. Women: 4 - Slovakia 5 - Italy.

Second round pairing for men:

10 - HUNGARY 6 - CROATIA
7 - GERMANY 5 - CZECH REPUBLIC
8 - AUSTRIA 4 - SWITZERLAND
9 - SLOVAKIA 3 - SLOVENIA
1 - FRANCE 2 - ITALY

women:

6 - HUNGARY 4 - SLOVAKIA
5 - ITALY 3 - SWITZERLAND
1 - GERMANY 2 - AUSTRIA

Games start at 15.00. Online games for men: 10 - HUNGARY 6 - CROATIA and 1 - FRANCE 2 - ITALY. Women: 5 - ITALY 3 - SWITZERLAND.

First round pairing for men:

1-FRANCE - 10-HUNGARY
2-ITALY - 9-SLOVAKIA
3-SLOVENIA - 8-AUSTRIA
4-SWITZERLAND - 7-GERMANY
5-CZECH REPUBLIC - 6-CROATIA

women:

1-GERMANY - 6-HUNGARY
2-AUSTRIA - 5-ITALY
3-SWITZERLAND - 4-SLOVAKIA

Men will play 9 round round-robin and women 10 round with one double round on May 29. Games start at 15.00. Online games for men: 2-ITALY - 9-SLOVAKIA and 1-FRANCE - 10-HUNGARY. Women: 2-AUSTRIA - 5-ITALY.

The Archeological Museum hosted today the pre-event press conference, with the partecipation of the Major of Olbia Mr. Gianni Giovannelli, the President of Italian Chess Federation Mr Pagnoncelli, the Organizer, Mr Giuseppe Sini, and other authorities of the city of Olbia. The photos from the event are available in the PHOTO Section.

To the Chess Federations of Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland, and to Mr. Boris Kutin, ECU President, and Mr. Horst Metzing, ECU Secretary General.

The ITALIAN CHESS FEDERATION has the honour to invite your representatives to the MITROPACUP 2008.

The tournament will be organised with two separate sections, men’s section and women’s section.

Venue: Italy, OLBIA, Archaeologic Museum

Schedule:

Arrival: 24 or 25 May 2008
Opening ceremony: 25 May 2008, 14.00
Rounds 1-4: 25 - 28 May 2008, 15.00
Rest day: 29 May 2008
Rounds 5-9: 30 May - 3 June 2008, 15.00
Closing ceremony: 3 June 2008, 20.00
Departure: 4 June 2008

Teams: Each team will be composed of four men plus one reserve (for men´s section), two women plus one reserve (for women´s section) and one team captain.

Time Control: 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to finish the game, with 30 seconds increment after each move starting from move 1.

Prizes: The first three teams will be awarded trophies and gold, silver and bronze medals.

Accommodation: For each team is provided full board accommodation in one triple room and three double rooms. Additional single rooms and accommodation for accompanying persons can be organised.