Trakai District, Lithuania

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1 Trakai District, Lithuania

2 Dear guests, friends, partners, and opponents, I would like to invite all of you to the tournament pursuing several goals. First, this event introduces a very special venue in my home country Lithuania, and I assure you (and you will see it with your own eyes) that we have a proper and fine place for hosting the highest-ranking tournaments. Let us join in our passion to bridge, and together we will create a new format of the event that may well become one of the major annual tournaments in the world. In addition, for the purpose of relaxation after hot intellectual battles, each evening will deliver to you an amazing event or performance as well as friendly talks about the greatest game uniting all of us together. Respectfully, Vytautas Vainikonis

3 TOURNAMENT STAFF: Onsite organizers: Erikas Vainikonis Andrei Arlovich Tournament directors: Maciej Czajkowski Jerzy Greś BBO Coordinator: Website: Daily Bulletins: Svetlana Bodrenkova Zoya Bieliankina Marek Wójcicki Photos by courtesy of NewInBridge, Elisabeth Van Ettinger, Francesca Canali, Krzysztof Siwek and Sławek Latała

4 TIMETABLE TIMETABLE Friday, Round Round Round Lunch break Round Round Round Dinner Saturday, Round Round Round Lunch break Round Round Round Dinner Sunday, Round Round Prizegiving, lunch 4

5 RULES AND REGULATIONS RULES AND REGULATIONS VV CUP Tournament will be played as the double Robin Round, 14 matches, 8 boards each. Results of the matches will be calculated in IMPs and Victory Points according to the official WBF tables: 0 IMP and more The result of the match obtained at bridgemates is regarded as official if neither team captain makes the claim in 15 minutes after end of the round. Ranking of the tournament is made according to (in order): - sum of Victory Points - in case of tie of two or more teams, the VPs obtained in direct match/matches - if the VPs of direct match/matches are not decisive, higher IMP quotient (total IMPs won divided by total IMPs lost) wins General regulations and laws of World Bridge Federation are applied. 5

6 TEAM VYTAS Vytautas Vainikonis, 61, businessman, European Small Federations 2009 champion, winner of Baltic Cup, Angelini Teams 2013, numerous national wins in Lithuania and Poland. Wojtek Olański, 57, professional bridge player and teacher, World International Master, European junior champion, European Small Federations 2009 champion, bronze World Zonal IMP Pairs 2002, winner of Baltic Cup, Angelini Teams 2013, numerous national wins in Lithuania and Poland. Bogusław Gierulski, 55, professional bridge player and teacher, World International Master, winner of Vanderbilt, Spring Foursomes, Baltic Cup, Angelini Teams 2013, numerous national wins. Jerzy Skrzypczak, 51, professional bridge player, World International Master, winner of Vanderbilt, Spring Foursomes, Baltic Cup, Angelini Teams 2013, numerous national wins. Lotan Fisher, 25, World Life Master, world transnational teams champion 2011, European open teams champion 2014, Cavendish Invitational Pairs winner 2012, Spingold winner, numerous junior and national titles. Ron Schwartz, 28, professional player, World Life Master, world transnational teams champion 2011, European open teams champion 2014, Cavendish Invitational Pairs winner 2012, Spingold winner, numerous junior and national titles. 6

7 TEAM ERA Erikas Vainikonis, 34, gambling analyst, businessman, European Small Federations 2009 champion, winner of Monaco Patton 2014, numerous national wins in Poland and Lithuania. Andrej Arlovich, 44, professional bridge player, bronze European Small Federations Championships 2011,Polish IMP pairs champion, numerous national wins in Belarus, Lithuania and Poland. Krzysztof Martens, 62, professional bridge player, coach and writer, World Grand Master, Bridge Olympiad winner 1984, World transnational teams champion, three times European teams champion, silver (1991) and bronze of Bermuda Bowl, winner of Vanderbilt, Spring Foursomes, numerous national wins, coach of the Monaco team. Dominik Filipowicz, 40, engineer, World Master, silver in Cavendish Invitational 2013, numerous international and national wins. Ron Pachtman, 36, bridge club manager, World International Master, European open teams champion 2007, silver European open pairs championships 2011, bronze European teams championships 2010, numerous national wins. Bar Tarnovski, 28, World Master, numerous world and European junior and national titles. 7

8 TEAM DE BOTTON Janet de Botton, art collector, chairman of Tate Modern Council, World Master, bronze European mixed teams championships 2007 and 2009, winner of Gold Cup, Crockford s Cup, Spring Foursomes. Artur Malinowski, 44, professional bridge player, World International Master, silver in World Mind Sport Games 2008, 3 times bronze in European mixed teams, bronze in teams of World Mind Sport Games 2011, numerous national wins in England and Norway. Thor Erik Hoftaniska, professional bridge player, World International Master, silver in pairs and bronze in teams of World Mind Sport Games 2011, numerous national wins in England and Norway. Dennis Bilde, 24, professional bridge player, World International Master, silver in European pairs championships 2013, winner of Vanderbilt, numerous junior and national wins. Krzysztof Buras, 34, professional bridge player, World Life Master, silver in World Mind Sport Games 2012 and World Transnational Teams 2009, European Teams 2010, bronze in Bermuda Bowl 2013, bronze in European pairs championships 2011, Cavendish Invitational Pairs 2014 winner, numerous junior and national wins. Grzegorz Narkiewicz, 37, professional bridge player, World Life Master, silver in World Mind Sport Games 2012 and World Transnational Teams 2009, European Teams 2010, bronze Bermuda Bowl 2013, bronze in European pairs championships 2011, Cavendish Invitational Pairs 2014 winner, numerous national wins. 8

9 TEAM BRENO Romain Zaleski, 81, stock investor, World International Master, silver in European open teams 2011, winner of Monaco Patton, numerous national titles and wins. Massimiliano di Franco, 26, student, world junior pairs champion 2013, numerous junior and national wins. Andrea Manno, 31, lightning designer, silver in European open teams 2013, silver in European junior teams 2007, winner of Monaco Patton 2011, numerous national titles and wins. Massimo Lanzarotti, 55, World Life Master, winner of Rosenblum Cup 1998, winner of World Transnational Teams Championships 2003, 2 times gold in European teams championships, silver in European pairs championships 1989, silver in European open teams championships 2013, numerous national wins. 9

10 TEAM VENTIN Juan Carlos Ventin, World International Master, silver in European teams championships 2002, bronze European mixed teams championships 2007, numerous national wins. Frederic Wrang, bronze European open teams championships 2007, winner of Cavendish Teams 2013, numerous national wins. Fredrik Nystrom, 37, gambling systems analyst, World Grand Master, winner of the World Mind Sports Games 2012, silver in Rosenblum Cup 2006, in European Teams Championships 2004, in European mixed teams 2003, numerous national wins. Johan Upmark, 37, World Life Master, winner of the World Mind Sports Games 2012, European Champion s Cup 2009, Cavendish Teams 2013, numerous national wins. Mustafa Cem Tokay, 39, winner of South America championships 2014, second in Angelini Teams 2013, second in Slava Cup 2014, player of Angelini bridge team. Represented Turkey many times, numerous national titles and wins. 10

11 TEAM REAL Evgeniy Gladysh, businessman, winner of NEC Cup 2013, numerous national wins. Mikhail Krasnosselski, World International Master, bronze world transnational teams championships 2011, winner of NEC Cup 2013, numerous national wins. Andrej Gromov, 43, businessman, World Life Master, bronze World Individual Championships 2000 and 2008, bronze Olympiad 2004, silver and bronze in world transnational teams championships, silver in European Teams Championships 2008, silver in European mixed teams championships, Vanderbilt and Spingold winner, numerous national wins. Alexander Dubinin, 40, professional bridge player, World Life Master, bronze Olympiad 2004, silver and bronze in world transnational teams championships, silver in European Teams Championships 2008, silver in European mixed teams championships, winner of Vanderbilt and Spingold, numerous national wins. 11

12 TEAM MONACO Pierre Zimmerman, 59, manager, World Grand Master, 2 times world transnational teams champion, European teams champion, European mixed teams champion, silver Bermuda Bowl 2013, bronze Rosenblum Cup 2010, bronze bridge Olympiad 2012, winner of Spingold (2x), Reisinger (2x), John Roberts Teams (2x), numerous international and national wins. Franck Multon, 50, bridge professional, World Grand Master, Bermuda Bowl champion 1997, silver 2013, bridge Olympiad winner 1996, bronze 2012, 2 times world transnational teams champion, European teams champion, European mixed teams champion, bronze Rosenblum Cup 2010, winner of Spingold (2x), Reisinger (2x), John Roberts Teams (2x), numerous international and national wins. Fulvio Fantoni, 51, bridge professional, World Grand Master, world pairs champion 2002, world mixed pairs champion, 2 times bridge Olympiad winner, Bermuda Bowl champion, 3 times runner up, world transnational teams champion, 3 times European teams champion, Spingold, Reisinger, Cavendish teams winner, numerous junior and national titles, No. 1 in world ranking. Claudio Nunes, 46, bridge professional, World Grand Master, world pairs champion 2002, 2 times bridge Olympiad winner, Bermuda Bowl champion, 3 times runner up, world transnational teams champion, 3 times European teams champion, Spingold, Reisinger, Cavendish teams winner, numerous junior and national titles. Tor Helness, 57, bridge professional, World Grand Master, Bermuda Bowl winner 2007, second 1993, 2001, 2013, winner of Rosenblum Cup 2006, world transnational teams champion 2009, bronze bridge Olympiad 1980, 2008, 2012, European teams champion 2012, second 2014, 2001, world individual champion 2008, silver 2013, numerous international and national wins Jean Charles Allavena, 54, consultant, silver European small federations championships, numerous national wins. 12

13 TEAM MAZURKIEWICZ Marcin Mazurkiewicz, 38, businessman, European Open Teams champion 2013, bronze in Bermuda Bowl 2013, numerous national wins. Krzysztof Jassem, 49, professor of mathematics, World Life Master, European Open Teams champion 2013, silver in Olympiad 2000, world transnational teams championships 1997, bronze Bermuda Bowl 2013, silver European pairs championships 2009, winner of Vanderbilt, Cavendish teams, numerous national wins. Jacek Kalita, 32, professional bridge player, World International Master, silver in European Teams Championships 2010, silver World Transnational Teams 2009, Spingold 2013 winner, numerous junior and national wins. Michał Nowosadzki, 31, professional bridge player, World International Master, World Junior Individual Champion 2004, Spingold 2013 winner, numerous junior and national wins. Cezary Balicki, 55, professional bridge player, World Grand Master, 2 times world transnational teams champion, 2 times European teams champion, silver and bronze (3 times) in Bermuda Bowl, silver bridge Olympiad, Rosenblum, bronze world pairs championships, winner of Spingold and Vanderbilt, numerous national wins. Stanisław Gołębiowski, 52, manager, World Master, 2 times silver in European champions cup, 11 times champion of Poland, numerous other national wins. 13

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