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Formidables win Team Event at 7th All India Bridge Championship

Apr 15, 2024, at 12:59 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Formidables represented by Kaustubh Bendre, Sayantan Kushari, Kaustabh Nandi, Sagnik Roy and Sumit Mukherjee, Rajeswar Tewari all internationals, peaked at the right time to retain the title in the team event defeating Team Arun Jain by 128.5 - 74 International Match Points (IMPs) in an one way final of the 7th All India Shree Cement Bridge Championship which concluded at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in Kolkata on Sunday.

Team Arun Jain reaches final of All India Bridge Championship

Apr 14, 2024, at 04:11 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Displaying fine form, Team Arun Jain represented by Arun Jain, Gopika Tandon, Subir Majumdar, Srinivasan Iyer and R Sridharan  stormed their way into the final of the team event defeating Bangur  Cement by 107-55 Victory Points (VPs) on the penultimate day of the  7th All India Shree Cement Bridge Championship at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in Kolkata on Saturday.

Favourites enter pre-quarter finals of team event in All India Bridge Championship

Apr 13, 2024, at 02:03 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Most of the noted teams including favourite Dhampur Sugar Mills and title holders Formidables, both from Delhi, along with Rana, India Chain, Bangur Cement, Shree Cement, Pradeep and Arun Jain entered the pre-quarter finals of the team event finishing at first to eighth position respectively after the conclusion of eight-round Swiss league on the second day of the 7th All India Shree Cement Bridge Championship at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in Kolkata on Friday.

All India Bridge Championship: Dhampur Sugar Mills from Delhi leads field after 5th round in team event

Apr 12, 2024, at 01:34 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Strong contender Dhampur Sugar Mills represented by veteran Ashok Kumar Goel,  Vinay Desai, Swarnendu Banerjee, Sunit Choksi, Raju Tolani and Ajay Khare, all internationals led the field with 81.45 Victory Points (VPs) at the end of the fifth round of team events on the inaugural day of the 7th All India Shree Cement Bridge Championship at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in Kolkata on Thursday.

7th All India Shree Cement Bridge Championship to begin in Kolkata tomorrow

Apr 11, 2024, at 04:37 am

Kolkata/IBNS: More than four hundred bridge players including almost all noted campaigners  from different parts of India will stake their claim for the top honours at the 7th All India Shree Cement Bridge Championship to be held at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in Kolkata on April 11-14.

West Bengal win Inter-State National Bridge title and IMP Pairs event

Dec 01, 2023, at 12:35 am

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal "A" comprising Vibhas Todi (Captain ), veteran Kamal Mukherjee, former Asiad gold medalists Pranab Bardhan & Sibnath Dey Sarkar, Badal Das and  P S Muherjee won the Inter State National Bridge Championship.

Indian men's bridge team wins Asian Games silver

Oct 07, 2023, at 03:54 am

Hangzhou: The Indian men's bridge team won the silver medal at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou after conceding defeat to Hong Kong (China) in the gold medal final

Indian men's bridge team defeats China to enter finals in Asian Games

Oct 06, 2023, at 01:26 am

Hangzhou: The Indian men's team exhibited exceptional skill and unwavering determination to defeat China 2-1 and advance to the finals of the bridge competition at the Asian Games in China's Hangzhou.

All India Shree Cement Bridge Championship: ‘Formidables’ from Delhi wins team championship

May 29, 2023, at 04:57 am

Kolkata: 'Formidables’  warmed up late to bag the team event of the  All India Shree Cement Bridge Championship by defeating a fighting ‘Mavericks’, by 9 International Match Points (IMPs) in the final of the tournament at Biswa  Bangla Convention Centre at New Town here on Sunday.

Weekly Bridge Meet: Subrata & Prabir reign Supreme at 3rd round of Shree Cement Weekly Bridge Meet

Apr 28, 2023, at 10:43 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Subrata Guha & Prabir Das proved their might as they reigned supreme while R A Agrawal & Avijit Sarkar and Vijay Deshpande & V M Lal finished second and third at  the 3rd round of sixth edition in Shree Cement Weekly Pairs Bridge Championship, held online, according to West Bengal Bridge Association here.

Bhudar & Anupam finish 1st at 2nd round of 6th edition of Weekly Pairs Bridge meet

Apr 18, 2023, at 04:12 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Unfancied duo of Bhudar Chandra Kayal & Anupam Ghosh displaying fine form finished first at the second round of 6th edition in Shree Cement Weekly Pairs Bridge Championship, held online, West Bengal Bridge Association informed here on Sunday.

Ajoy & Sowmik proves best in first round of 6th edition of Shree Cement Weekly Pairs Bridge Meet

Apr 07, 2023, at 08:45 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Seasoned campaigner  Ajoy Bagadia & Sowmik Das emerged best in the first round of sixth edition of Shree Cement Weekly Pairs Bridge Meet.

Shree Cement Pairs Bridge Championship: Debabrata & Asoke claim top position at 8th round Championship.

Feb 17, 2023, at 01:50 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Debabrata Deb & Asoke Dey claimed  top position while topper in earlier round Sujit Bhattacharjee & Swapan Some remained contended taking second spot a

Pratip & Dipankar emerge best in fifth round of fourth edition in Shree Cement Bridge Championship

Oct 08, 2022, at 08:30 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Pratip Kumar Mondal & Dipankar Mondal put up a fine show to take the top spot in the fifth round of the fourth edition in  the Shree Cement Weekly Pairs Bridge Championship , held online, even as Puja festivity still lingers on, a spokesman of West Bengal Bridge Association said Friday.

Goutam Pore, Binod Shaw and Kajal Das, Raj Jayaram jointly take top spot in Shree Cement weekly bridge tournament

Aug 18, 2022, at 02:51 am

Kolkata/IBNS: In a keen competition, two pairs -Goutam Pore & Binod Shaw and Kajal Das & Raj Jayaram jointly took the top spot as both the pairs amassed  312 match points at the 9th round of the 3rd edition in Shree Cement Weekly Pairs Bridge Tournament on Tuesday.

Unfancied Team Burzen lead the field on the first day of All India Shree Cement Bridge Championship

May 13, 2022, at 04:38 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Unfancied Team Burzen represented by Sourendra Coomar Dutt, Manas Mukherjee, Dibyendu Shee, Subir Mazumder, Showmik Das and Kajal Das, displaying fine acumen, led the field with 75.92 victory points at the end of the fifth round on the inaugural day of the All India Shree Cement  Bridge Tournament being held at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre here Thursday.

Swapan Ghosh & S N Chakrobarty emerge best in 8th round of 2nd edition in Shree Cement Bridge Meet

Apr 21, 2022, at 11:36 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Swapan Ghosh & S N Chakrobarty, who finished at second place two weeks before, improved their performance and emerged best in the 8th round of second edition in the Shree Cement Weekly Pairs Bridge Championship Wednesday night.

West Bengal Bridge Association to introduce weekly league for Pairs and Team events

Oct 09, 2021, at 11:41 pm

Kolkata: For the first time, West Bengal Bridge Association (WBBA) with noted bridge enthusiast and Managing Director of Shree Cement H M Bangur as its patron, will  introduce a weekly league for Pairs and Team events of bridge in West Bengal, newly elected secretary of WBBA Debasish Ray informed Friday.

Asiad Bridge winning team returns to Kolkata, Members of Bekar (unemployed) Parliament accorded hero's welcome

Sep 03, 2018, at 04:54 pm

Kolkata, Sep 3 (IBNS) Their story is like a fairy tale as people shun them for playing cards and referred them as the Members of Baker (unemployed) Parliament but after winning gold medal at Jakarta the duo has become darling and on Monday they were accorded an  unprecedented hero's welcome on their arrival at the city airport.

Bagging Gold medal in Asiad will boost the sport in India: says coach cum non-playing captain Debashish Roy

Sep 01, 2018, at 06:23 pm

Kolkata, Sep 1 (IBNS) Fag end inclusion of the Bridge squad into the Indian contingent has proved huge beneficial to country's gold haul in the18th Asian Games at Jakarta as Pranab Bardhan and Shibhnath Sarkar clinching the top honours in the men’s pair event on Saturday.

Asian Games: India win gold in bridge

Sep 01, 2018, at 03:37 pm

Jakarta, Sept 1 (IBNS): making the country proud, India grabbed the gold medal in the men's bridge pair competition at the 2018 Asian Games here on Saturday.