Oct 17, 2022
Monday, October 17, 2022, New Delhi: HCL, a leading global conglomerate, announced the winners of the 19th HCL International Bridge Championship which was concluded yesterday. The six-day championship witnessed participation from over 750 players from across the world, who competed for the prize purse of Rs. 2.2crores. The players were from USA, South Africa, Poland, Thailand, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and India. All the winners and runners-up were felicitated by Mrs. Kiran Nadar, an internationally acclaimed Bridge player, and Gold Medalist at the 5th Commonwealth Games and 2018 Asian Games Bridge Medalist. Like every year, the Championship was held under the auspices of the Bridge Federation of India.
Winners and Runners-up at the 19th HCL International Bridge Championship are:
| Category | Winner (Team Details and Prize money) | 1st Runner-up (Team Details and Prize money) |
| Naresh Tandan Trophy for Team of Four Gold | Dhampur Sugar (won by 23.0)
Prize Money- Rs. 40,00,000 |
Formidables
Prize Money- Rs. 24,00,000 |
| Mohini Tandan Trophy for Team of Four Silver | Pradeep(won by 30.0)
Prize Money- Rs. 15,00,000 |
Prayas
Prize Money- Rs. 9,00,000 |
| NeenaBonarji Trophy for Open Pairs – Gold event | Partho Sarathi Mukherjee – Aniruddha Bhattacharya
Prize Money- Rs. 12,00,000 |
Jaggy B Shivdasani -Sandeep Thakral
Prize Money- Rs. 8,00,000 |
| Open Pairs – Silver event | Rajeev Khandelwal – Himani Khandelwal
Prize Money- Rs. 2,00,000 |
Anirban Sasmal – Atanu Ganguly
Prize Money- Rs. 1,50,000 |
| IMP Pairs | Subhajit Choudhury – Bulu Saha
Prize Money- Rs. 2,00,000 |
R G Bhiwandkar – Subhash A Dhakras
Prize Money- Rs. 1,50,000 |
Speaking during the felicitation ceremony, Mrs. Kiran Nadar said, “Being a passionate bridge player myself, I always wanted to create a platform that brings together bridge players regardless of age, demographics, and borders on one platform and play their best game ever. How this has manifested over the previous19 editions of the HCL International Bridge Championship is beyond what we had envisioned. I am extremely happy to watch the success of the HCL International Bridge Championship and the overwhelming participation it receives year after year. Many congratulations to all the players for their outstanding performance.”
13 years old Anshul Bhatt, who was the youngest bridge player at the tournament, said, “I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to HCL for organizing this championship! It was great to play with all these international players. The last few days were very intense filled with so much talent, passion and competition. I look forward to playing here again next year as I have gained so much in the last six days.”
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