Ružomberok, the city in central Slovakia, hosted the 33rd games of the annual Mitropa Cup: the chess tournament for Central European nations. While most federations decided to focus on promoting promising young players, the tournament enjoys wide interest and participation of many strong GMs. The permanent member of the cycle are Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland. Poland are reserves and receive invitation in case somebody is missing.

In Open division Hungary, top seeds, took final win beating Germany by 2.5 to 1.5 in the decisive match of last round. GM Acs sealed his team's win in a nice ending vs IM Heimann to conclude with excellent 8/9. While Germany took silver, the home side Slovakia came in third (GM Michalik 7.5/9). Newcomers Poland led by 16-year old prodigy GM Duda finished in 7th.

Italy comfortably won (as usual) women's contest even though they lost to runners-up Germany 0.5-1.5 in round 8. While Austria were third, Hungary's 4th place was taken with 7 draws out of 9 rounds! Hungary's second board Melinda Varga scored 7.5/9 only to see her team-mate struggling at 1.5/9.

WIM Osmandoja of Germany in Women's tournament and GM Acs of Hungary scored 8/9 - top individual results.

See tournament website: http://mitropa.sachrbk.sk

Detailed results of 2014 Mitropa Cup: open and women
Mitropa Cup all-time summary: open and women
Mitropa Cup all-time statistics: open and women