Slava Cup 2015: Moscow, February 20 to 22

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The Netherlands - Slava Cup Champions 2014: Berend van de Bos, Sebastiaan Drijver, Herman Drekelford, Sjoert Brink & Jiris van Lankveld.

The Slava Cup 2015 will be held on February 20 – 22, 2015 in the Danilovskaya Hotel.  Site Oficial

The Slava Cup in honor of the disappeared Russian bridge player, Slava Grinuk, has become one of the most prestigious events in Russia.

Slava Grinuk
Slava Grinuk

Slava Grinuk was born in 1970 and died in 1999. When asked who was  Slava, Vladimir Ivanov,  from Moscow told the following story: «Slava Grinuk was a bridge player from Moscow. He died very young of cancer, and his friends, who were not bridge players, decided that the best thing they could do to remember him was to establish an Annual Bridge Tournament that bear his name. » These friends sponsor the event each year.

The same people continue sponsoring the event today, although they dont play and will ever play bridge. This year the Slava Cup 2015 venue is the  Danilovskaya Hotel from 20- 22 February 2015.

The event consists of two tournaments: a team tournament= TOP8 and a pairs tournament= TOP 36.

Last year winners:

The Netherlands - Slava Cup Champions 2014
The Netherlands – Slava Cup Champions 2014: Berend van de Bos, Sebastiaan Drijver, Herman Drekelford, Sjoert Brink & Jiris van Lankveld.

The 2014 Slava Cup runners up
The 2014 Slava Cup runners up – Team Auken: Dragan Markovich, Sabine Auken, Mustafa Cem Tokay,
Roy Welland, Juan Carlos Ventin

Top36 Winners
Karlis Rubins & Dmitry Prokhorov