Yesterday was an exclusive Pairs event day. The elimination-3 was played in the OPEN MATCH POINT PAIRS EVENT.
70 pairs participated in the elimination-3 round, out of which the TOP 27 pairs qualified to the MP Pairs GOLD final, pairs ranked 28th to 55th qualified to play in the MP SILVER final and 56-70 (15 pairs) qualified to play in the IMP Pairs final.
The leaders of elimination-3 rounds are:
The elimination round of the IMP Pairs event was also played yesterday. A total of 208 Pairs started in the IMP Pairs elimination round, which was played in 3 sessions of 18 boards each. The top 85 pairs qualified for the IMP Pairs Final. The toppers of yesterday’s event were:
The 85 qualified pairs will be joined by 15 pairs ranked 56-70 in the MP Pairs elimination-3 round for the 100 Pairs IMP Pairs final today.
By T.C. Pant