The second edition of the PALACE CUP will be held from June 21 – 25, 2015 in Warsaw (Poland). This event includes: Pro/Am Tournament (June 21); TOP 18: Invitational Pairs Tournament; Pairs Tournament; Invitational A Team Tournament; B Team Tournament.
The Italian Star Norberto Bocchi will play the Invitatioal Pairs Tournament partnering the Danish Star Dennis Bilde. Norberto Bocchi and Dennis Bilde will play the Invitational Team Tournament with Zia Mahmood and Tom Hanlon. Vitas Vainikonis will be Norberto’s partner in Pro/Am Tournament.
The invited pairs so far are:
David Bakhshi – Josef Piekarek
Dennis Bilde – Norberto Bocchi
Thomas Charlsen – Thor Erik Hoftaniska
Tom Hanlon – Zia Mahmood
Dominik Filipowicz – Krzysztof Martens
Tony Forrester – Andy Robson
Wojciech Gawel – Rafal Jagniewski
Peter Gawrys – Michael Klukowski
Przemysław Janiszewski – Slawomir Zawiślak
Krzysztof Jassem – Marcin Mazurkiewicz
Jacek Kalita – Michael Novi Sad
Apollinary Kowalski- Julian Klukowski
Michał Kwiecień- Vladimir Starkowski
Artur Malinowski – Jacek Pszczoła
Bauke Muller – Simon de Wijs
Fredrik Nystrom – Johan Upmark
Wojciech Olański – Vytautas Vainikonis
The invited teams are so far:
Tony Forrester – Andy Robson, Artur Malinowski – Jacek Pszczoła (England/Poland)
Zia Mahmood – Tom Hanlon, Norberto Bocchi – Denis Bilde (USA/Ireland/Italy/Denmark)
Krzysztof Jassem – Marcin Mazurkiewicz, Jacek Kalita – Michał Nowosadzki (Poland)
Vytautas Vainikonis – Wojciech Olański, Bogusław Gierulski – Jerzy Skrzypczak, Lotan Fisher – Ron Schwartz (Lithuania/Poland/Israel)
Erikas Vainikonis – Andrej Arlovich, Paweł Jassem – Piotr Zatorski, Ron Pachtman – Bar Tarnovski (Lithuania/Poland/Israel)
Juan Carlos Ventin – Frederic Wrang, Johan Upmark – Fredrik Nystrom (Spain/Sweden)
Roman Zaleski – Gabriella Olivieri, Massimo Lanzarotti – Cristina Golin, Andrea Manno – Francesca Piscitelli (Italy)
Kevin Castner – David Gold, Krzysztof Martens – Dominik Filipowicz (England/Poland)
Igor Chalupec – Bartosz Chmurski, Tomasz Sielicki – Piotr Tuczyński (Poland)
Michał Kwiecień – Włodzimierz Starkowski, Piotr Gawryś – Michał Klukowski (Poland)
Thomas Charlsen – Thor Erik Hoftaniska, Wojciech Gaweł – Rafał Jagniewski (Norway/Poland)
David Bakhshi – Josef Piekarek, Bauke Muller – Simon de Wijs (England/Germany/Netherlands)
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