Zwederland bag top honours
Team Zwederland, (Johan Upmark and Fredick Nystrom from Sweden, and Ricco van Prooijen and Louk Verhees from Holland) emerged winners of the Naresh Tandan Trophy and `30 lakh for the team of four gold event of the 15th HCL international bridge championship that concluded here on Sunday.
The Mohini Tandan Trophy and `12 lakh prize money for the winners of team of four silver event was won by Team A. K. Bose (Abhijit Kumar Bose, Shantanu Ghosh, Anindya Bhattacharya, Soumya Das, Sayantan Kushari and Sagnik Roy), while the the Neena Bonarji Trophy and Rs 10 lakh for the Open pairs event was topped by Simon Hult and Ekenberg from Sweden
Guy Mendes de Leon and Veri Kiljan from the Netherlands took the honours in the IMP pairs and `2 lakhs; while winners of IMP pairs strata II, Janak Shah and Avi Medhekar and Swiss pairs toppers Hila Levi and Adi Asulin from Israel won `75,000, each.
In all, a sum of `1.8 crore ($27,000) was on offer at the sixday championship.
World billiards champion and the co-founder of Olympic Gold Quest, Geet Sethi, gave away the prizes.
Speaking on the occasion, Kiran Nadar, director of HCL Corporation and captain of Team Formidables said, “Playing bridge has been widely acknowledged as having positive benefits in terms of inculcating strategic thinking, building camaraderie and long-term partnerships. Over the years, we have seen the championship grow tremendously and it was a delight to have participation from 800 players.”
The Mohini Tandan Trophy and `12 lakh prize money for the winners of team of four silver event was won by Team A. K. Bose