Ahmedabad to host 55th Winter National Bridge Championship

Ahmedabad, 16 December 2013

After the success of the Asian Bridge Championship, Gujarat Bridge Federation of India under the aegis of Bridge Federation of India is all set to organize 55th Winter National Bridge Championship in Ahmedabad from 17th – 23rd December at Karnavati Club. A bunch of around 500 nationally and internationally acclaimed players from across the country are expected to participate in the Bridge event, conducted by Mr. Sunit Chokshi and team.

On Ahmedabad being chosen to host the 55th edition of Winter National Bridge Championship after 20 years Mr. Sunit Chokshi said “It has been a privilege for Ahmedabad city to be one of the favorite hosts for conducting National and International bridge tournaments on a regular basis which lured many players to be part of the magnanimous event. Gujarat Bridge Federation also had the honor to organize ASIAN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIP with the compliance of international bridge standards earlier in June, which received overwhelming response from the participants and wherein Indian team won the Open and Senior’s titles.”

55th Winter National Bridge Championship will be segmented into categories like RUIA Gold Cup, RUIA Silver Cup, Swiss Team, Shree Cement Match Point Gold/Silver Trophy, Mohanlal Bhartia Swiss Teams and IMP Pairs.

From Ahmedabad, Mr. Sunit Chokshi who has represented India multiple times will be partnering another veteran player Mr. Keyzad Anklesaria in the championship, where as famed names like Ms. Kiran Nadar, Ms. Hema Deora, Mr. Ashok Ruia, Mr. Uma Shankar Bhartia, Mr. H.M. Bangur, Mr. Ashok Goel, Mr. C.V. Rao, Mr. NRK Moorthy, Mr. Dipak Poddar, Mr. Hemant Jalan and many other dignified players like Mr. Jaggy Shivdasani, Mr. Prabhakar, Mr. Rajeshwar Tiwari, Mr. Satyanarayana, Mr. P Sridhar, Mr. S Sunderam, Mr. JM Shah, Mr. Vinay Desai, Mr. Anil Padhye, Mr. Subhash Gupta, Mr. Raju Tolani, Mr. Ajay Khare, Mr. KR Venkatraman, Mr. Sumit Mukherjee, Mr.Bhabhesh Saha, Mr. Pritish Kushari, Mr. Debabrata Majumdar, Mr. Manas Mukherjee, Mr. Kamal Mukherjee, Mr. Rana Roy, Mr. Debashish Roy, Mr. Anand Samant, Mr. Sandeep Thakral will provide the extra edge to the tournament with their presence. The online results for the championship will be webcasted live. The Winner and Runner up of the RUIA GOLD Cup will earn a berth for the selection trials of Indian team in coming World Championship event.

Recently in the month of September, Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs has upgraded Bridge to “Priority” status. This will provide a boost to the authorities to encourage more people to join this mind game and popularize among the younger generation.

This event will also be a platform for selecting a Juniors team (under 26 years) for representing India at the World Junior Championships, 2014 at Istanbul.