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Winter National Bridge: How Rajeshwar Tiwari & Shubham Acharya Lead the Pack

Rajeshwar Tiwari and Shubham Acharya are currently in first place at the Winter National Bridge Championship. They have a solid lead over the second-place pair as the preliminary rounds wrap up. In a separate event, the underdog Mohota team scored a major upset to win the Ruia Gold Cup. The championship is being held at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in New Town, Kolkata.

Key Points: Rajeshwar Tiwari Shubham Acharya Lead Winter National Bridge Pairs

  • Rajeshwar Tiwari & Shubham Acharya lead with 1505.06 match points after 20 rounds
  • The top 26 pairs from sixty will advance to Thursday's final round
  • The Mohota team, comprised of newcomers, won the Ruia Gold Cup on Tuesday
  • Mohota secured a decisive 144.90 to 123 victory over Hemant Jalan's team
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Winter National Bridge: Rajeshwar Tiwari & Shubham Acharya lead field in Match Point Pairs Event

Rajeshwar Tiwari & Shubham Acharya top the standings after 20 rounds in Kolkata's Winter National Bridge Championship pairs event. Follow the final round action.

"This is Mohota`s first victory in any national event so far. - Report"

Kolkata, Dec 10

Rajeshwar Tiwari & Shubham Acharya led the field with 1505.06 Match Points (MPs) and are followed by Sayantan Kushari & Sagnik Roy (1452.87 MPs) at the end of 20 out of total 25 preliminary rounds of Mall of the Millenium Match Point Pairs Competition (Ranking Event) of Ashok Ruia Memorial Winter National Bridge Championship being held at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in New Town here on Wednesday.

Out of the sixty pairs playing now, the top 26 will compete in the final round to be held along with the Seniors Pairs Event (for 60 years and above) on the concluding day on Thursday.

Other pairs out of the top ten (the end of the 20th round) are: 3. Joyrup Mullick & Pranab Roy (1422.34), 4. Bhaskar Sarkar & Sukanta Das (1391.27), 5. Sandip Dutta & Gopinath Manna (1376 40), 6. Souvik Kar & Pritam Das (1370.15), 7.S R Dutta & S C Sarkar (2362.77), 8. Ramkrishna Majumder & Swapan Kumar Ghosh (1362.18), 9. Prasun Mukherjee & Ajay Bagaria (1362.18), 10. Goutam Pore & Amitava Ghosh (1351.88).

Earlier, displaying superb form, Mohota represented by Anurag Mohota, Basanta Mohota, Biswajit Poddar and Sambhunath Ghosh, all greenhorns, won the prestigious Ruia Gold Cup defeating seasoned campaigner Hemant Jalan, consisted of Sandeep Thukral and Subhash Gupta, both world cuppers, Hemant Jalan, Ashish Malhotra and Vikrant Mehta, by 144.90--123 Victory Points ( VPs) in the title clash of the event in the Ashok Ruia Memorial Winter National Bridge Championship at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in New Town here Tuesday. This is Mohota`s first victory in any national event so far.

In the final played on Tuesday, Mohota started well, bagging 56.5 VPs against 25 by Hemant Jalan in the first segment. The second segment saw the Mohotas buttressing their lead to 110--60 VPs.

In the third segment, they scored 22 VPs against 13 by Hemant Jalan to take their total to 132.5=-73 VPs. Stung by the reverse, Hemant Jalan pulled up their socks to put up a good fight, scoring 50 VPs against 12.40 by Mohota. But that was not enough as Mohota scored a four-segment total of 144.90 against 123 by Hemant Jalan to clinch the issue in their favour.

- IANS

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Sarah B
The story of the Mohota team is incredible! A team of greenhorns beating seasoned world cuppers? That's the beauty of bridge – experience matters, but so does sharp play on the day. Huge congratulations to them on their first national win!
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Priya S
Wonderful coverage! It's heartening to see the Winter Nationals getting such detailed reporting. Bridge needs more visibility in our sports pages. Hoping the finals are a grand success at the Biswa Bangla Centre.
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Rohit P
Just a small note for the article – in the list of top ten, the MPs for pair at rank 7 (S R Dutta & S C Sarkar) seem to be a typo (2362.77). That's way higher than the leaders' score. Probably meant to be 1362.77? Otherwise, great update!
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Karthik V
The Seniors Pairs event running alongside is a fantastic initiative. Bridge is a sport for all ages. Wishing all the experienced players the very best. May the best minds win!
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Michael C
The comeback attempt by Hemant Jalan's team in the final segment of the Ruia Gold Cup shows true fighting spirit. Even in defeat, that's commendable. But full marks to Team Mohota for holding their nerve and securing the win.

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