19th Tournament "Riga Invites to Riga"

Welcome to Riga!

Dear Friends,

It is a great pleasure to welcome all players to the 19th bridge tournament

Riga Invites to Riga

which will be held in Riga, Latvia, from the 13th till 17th of August, 2025.
 

Strong players with friendly atmosphere and technical service by Peteris Bethers (with remote support from Denis Dobrin). A banquet during the Open Team tournament Quaterfinals with live vugraph makes the tournament unforgettable. Tournament is organized by Latvian Bridge federation and Bridge Support Foundation with support of Riga City council and OlyBet Sport bar. The tournament is a member of the World Bridge Tour.

Maija Romanovska
Imants Paradnieks
Peteris Bethers

Brief History of the Tournament

The first tournament Riga Invites was held in 2004 in Riga's Bridge Club. It was just by invitations and was made as a friendship tournament between Riga and other cities of former USSR, but also with participants from Finland and Sweden.

Since 2007 the tournament is held in Jurmala, it is open for everyone and consists of three tournaments - Invitation pairs (scoring is on IMPs), Open Teams tournament with semi finals and finals and Open Pairs tournament (MP scoring).

In 2022 and 2023 the tournament was held in Riga, in the Wellton Riverside SPA hotel.

Since 2024 the tournament is held in Riga, in the Radisson Blu Daugava hotel.

See also

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