Texan Aces leads by 80-77 against Team Amanora on Day 3 of 19th HCL International Bridge Championship

 Khel Today Bureau

Gurugram:The top 16 teams have qualified for the Knock-out last-16 stage of the 19^th HCL International Bridge Championship. From the 45 teams participating in the Gold event, Team TEXAN ACES comprising G. Venkatesh, P. Sridharan, Rakesh Dalal, Anil Padhye, Raju Tolani & Ajay Khare topped the Swiss league with 139.18 VPs (out of a possible 200 VPs). The 2^nd place was taken by team Hope N Prey with a score of 134.53 VPs, and team Dhampur Sugar was in 3^rd position with a score of 132.70 VPs. The qualified teams are playing the 4-session, last-16 stage knock-out match of 14-boards per session.

On Thursday, at the end of 3 rounds, Texan Aces was leading by 80-77 against team Amanora; Hope N Prey was comfortably in lead with a score of 134-56 against Symphony; Dhampur was just 1 IMP up over COGITO with a score of 88-87;  Shri Radhey led Tornatae by 84-56; Mind and Matter was leading by 97.3-77 over Bangur Cement; Rampage was leading 102 – 66 against the Polish team Bridge24 PL; Mavericks led by 124-95 over Arun Jain & Formidables was leading by 96-63 against Mango.

In the SILVER event, the top 16 teams qualified for the last-16 stage where they are playing 4 sessions of 14 board matches. At the end of 3 rounds, Lucky Six, Sangam, Pradeep, Prayas, Gold Galaxy, Blitz, EISK & Mahakal teams were in lead against their opponents.

The Match point Pair event has also started today. 197 pairs are playing in 10 sections. After playing 3 sessions of 18 boards, the top 80 pairs will qualify for the elimination-2 round. The non-qualifiers can participate in the Match Point Pairs STRATA-II event to be played today.