64th WINTER NATIONAL BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIP 2022

Click Here

64th WINTER NATIONAL BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIP 2022
Conducted by Rajasthan Contract Bridge Association
@ Sawai Man Singh Indoor Stadium, Jaipur
Under the auspices of Bridge Federation of India

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

• Team of Four – Ashok Ruia Gold Event (Ranking Point event)
• Team of Four – Ashok Ruia Silver Event
• Shree Cement (Gold) Match Point Pairs ( Ranking Point event)
• Shree Cement (Silver) Match Point Pairs
• Open IMP Pairs – Late Shri Murli Deora Memorial Trophy
• Mixed IMP Pairs (Ranking Point event)
• Women IMP Pairs (Ranking Point event)
• Ashok Ruia Seniors IMP Pairs (Minimum age should be 60 years)
• Side Pair events (Depending on no. of entries – Min 24 Pairs a must)

CONDITION OF ENTRY

• IMPORTANT – Performance in the Ashok Ruia Gold Teams / Shree Cement Gold MP Pairs / Women IMP Pairs / Mixed IMP Pairs will be eligible for Ranking Points for Indian Teams selection, as per the BFI Ranking Point Policy 2022-26.
• Participation in this tournament is open to all resident bridge players of Indian Nationality. Teams with one or more non-resident Indian bridge player(s) or with foreign players is also eligible to participate. However, the non-resident Indian / foreign player or an Indian resident player partnering a non-resident Indian / foreign player will not be eligible for the ranking points in any of the ranking point events (Team as well as Pairs event) of this tournament. In case, if the non-resident / foreign player has played with 2 or more partners in the team event, then all of them will be ineligible for the ranking points. In case there are more than one pair of nonresident Indian / foreign player playing for a team in the team event, the whole team will be disallowed any ranking points.
• All Indian players participating in the championship should be registered under BFI Master Point Scheme.
• Teams participating in Ashok Ruia Gold / Ashok Ruia Silver Trophy can have a minimum of four and maximum of 6 players in the team.
• In Ruia Silver teams, maximum two player of the team can be of the rank of National Masters or above and they should not be playing as a partnership. Rest should be of below the rank of National Master.
• For Ashok Ruia Gold / Silver teams, each player has to play a minimum 25% of the boards at each stage of the tournament.
• There is no rank restriction for participation in the Shree Cement Pairs Open IMP Pairs / Mixed IMP / Women IMP Pairs.
• TRIOS are not allowed in any of the Pairs event.
• The pairs from KO stages of Gold / Silver team event will get seeded to the Shree Cement Gold MP Pairs as per the SCoC.
• There will be Carry over at every stage of elimination to final round in the Shree Cement Gold MP Pairs. However, there will be no carry over given to those who qualify to play in the Shree Cement Silver MP Pairs.
• All participating players should go through and abide by the tournament SCoC, which will be circulated on the BFI web site www.bfi.net.in latest by 10th Nov 2022.
• Entries for all events will start from 10th Nov 2022 on BFI web site.

Entry Fee

• Team Entry –
  • Ruia GOLD – Rs. 6000 per Team of 4 players + Rs. 1000 each for extra player
  • RUIA Silver – Rs. 4500 per Team of 4 players + Rs. 750 each for extra player
• Pairs Entry –
  • Shree Cement MP Pairs – Rs. 2000 per Pair
  • Ashok Ruia Seniors IMP Pairs – Rs. 1000 per Pair
  • Open IMP Pairs – Late Shri Murli Deora Memorial Trophy – Rs. 1000 per Pair
  • Mixed IMP Pairs – Rs. 1500 per Pair
  • Ladies IMP Pairs – Rs. 1000 per Pair
  • Side Pair events – Rs. 600 per Pair

Last Date for Event Entries:

• Ashok Ruia GOLD / Silver Teams – 2nd Dec 2022 by 1900 Hrs.
• Shree Cement MP Pairs – 4th Dec 2022 by 1900 Hrs.
• Ashok Ruia Seniors IMP Pairs – 7th Dec 2022 by 1900 Hrs.
• Open IMP Pairs – Late Shri Murli Deora Memorial Trophy -8th Dec 2022 by 1900 Hrs.
• Mixed IMP Pairs – 9th Dec 2022 by 1900 Hrs.
• Women IMP Pairs – 11th Dec 2022 by 1900 Hrs.
• Side Pair Events – On the spot

Tournament Committee:

Mr. Sutanu Behuria – President, BFI
Mr. C.M. Kulkarni – Convenor
Mrs. Hema Deora
Kr. Vijayanand Singh
Mr. Krishan Goyal
Mr. Sunit Chokshi
Mr. Prasad Keni
Mr. K.R. Lakhanpal
Mr. Anand K S Samant
Mr. Arvind Gupta
Mr. G. Veerbhadra Rao
Mr. Sambudha Deb
Mr. Debasish Ray
Mr. Vibhash Todi

Management Committee:

Mr. D.B. Choudhry – President
Mr. K.P. Mathur – Convenor
Mr. Paras Surana
Mr. Maneesh Bahuguna
Dr. Ravi Bhargava
Mr. Dinesh Gulundiye
Ms. Richa Shriram
Ms. Puja Batra

Reception Committee:

Mr. D B Choudhry – President
Mr. N K Sharma – Convenor
Dr. S.K. Sharma
Mr. Ranjan Bhattacharya
Mr. D.V. Majumder
Ms. Monica Jajoo
Mr. M.M. Mundra
Mr. P.K. Agarwal
Mr. Som Mittal
Mr. Anand Toshniwal
Mr. N. Niranjan

For queries, please contact:

Mr. K.P. Mathur – 9414002021
Mr. N.K. Sharma – 9414454621

Assistance for Hotel Booking:

Mr. D V Majumder – 9414182420
Mr. G K Vyas – 9414044140

Technical Committee:

Mr. Subhash Gupta
Mr. Sandeep Thakral

Chief of Technical Management & Tournament Operations – Mr. T C Pant

Tournament Directors:

CTD – Mr. Sudhir Aggarwal
TDs – Mr. VK Sharma, Mr. Pranab (Ranju) Bhattacharya, Mr. Gora Roy Chowdhury, Mr.Narasinga Rao, Mr. K.S. Swaminathan, Mr. B. Daxindas, Mr. Sathish Kumar, Mr. Parimal Vahalia
Reviewers: Mr. Vinay Desai, Mr. R. Venkatesh
Scoring: Mr. Srinivasan Iyengar & Mr. Kausutubh Deodhar
BBO Team: Mr. Pramod Samant, Mr. Ravindra Bhave, Mr. Sudip Mahato, Mr. Soumik Mitra, Mr. Subrata Adhikari
Dealing – Mr. Chetan Rawal, Mr. SRC Sekar & Mr. Bansi Gupta

TBD