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Deepadhar Lead East Zone Bridge Championship After Four Rounds
The East Zone Bridge Championship is a big card game contest happening in the Indian city of Kolkata.
Bridge is played by pairs of players who work together to score points.
Fifty teams, made up of 300 players, are taking part this year.
After the first day of play, the team called Deepadhar is in the lead.
They scored 65.22 Victory Points, which is how bridge tournaments keep score.
Another team, Tornate, is close behind in second place.
The players come from East Zone states, including West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, and Jharkhand.
After more rounds, the 16 best teams will go on to a knockout stage.
The winning teams can share prize money of six lakh rupees.
Some members of the leading team have even won gold medals at the Asian Games.
Deepadhar, featuring former Asian Games gold medallists, lead the fifth East Zone Bridge Championship with 65.22 Victory Points after four rounds.
Tornate are second with 62.80 VPs, followed by Challengers (58.87) and Dr Ram Niranjan Jhunjhunwala (58.46).
Around 300 players from 50 teams from East Zone states, including West Bengal, Bihar, Assam and Jharkhand, are competing in Kolkata.
The tournament is a Bridge Federation of India Ranking Two event with a total prize purse of Rs 6 lakh.
The top 16 teams from the eight-round Swiss league will advance to the knockout stage; Formidables, recent Under-31 world champions, are 11th.
- Who
- Deepadhar — comprising Badal Das, Joyrup Mullick, Prosenjit Manna and former Asian Games gold medallists Pranab Bardhan and Sibnath (Kachchu) De Sarkar — leads the 50 participating teams.
- What
- The fifth East Zone Bridge Championship team event, with Deepadhar leading after four rounds of the eight-round Swiss league.
- Where
- Kolkata.
- When
- Opening day on Friday, August 14, per the news dispatch.
- Why
- To win the East Zone title and a share of the Rs 6 lakh prize purse, with the top 16 teams advancing to the knockout stage.
Key facts
- Event
- Fifth East Zone Bridge Championship
- Leader after four rounds
- Deepadhar (65.22 Victory Points)
- Second place
- Tornate (62.80 Victory Points)
- Venue
- Kolkata
- Teams / Players
- 50 teams / 300 players
- Rating
- Bridge Federation of India Ranking Two event
- Prize purse
- Rs 6 lakh
- Format
- Eight-round Swiss league; top 16 advance to knockout stage
Sources
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