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Overview

  • Naresh Tandan Trophy

    The Naresh Tandan Trophy is awarded to the winners of the Team of Four Gold event.

  • Mohini Tandan Trophy

    The 'Mohini Tandan Trophy' for the winners of Team of Four Silver event.

  • Neena Bonarji Trophy

    The 'Neena Bonarji Trophy' for the winners of Open Pairs event.

Format

  • Team of Four Gold Event
    Naresh Tandan Trophy
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    The event is open to all. The qualifying round consists of a Swiss League comprising 10 rounds of...

  • Team of Four Silver Event
    Mohini Tandan Trophy
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    Event is open to Indian Bridge players (participation of Foreign teams in this event is subject to clearance...

  • Swiss Team Event
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    The event is open to all. It is a one-day team event that will be held on the...

  • Open Pairs Gold
    Neena Bonarji Trophy
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    This is a match-pointed pairs event that will start on the fifth day of the tournament and will...

  • IMP Pairs
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    Event is a two day event. The elimination round consists of 3 sessions of 18 Boards each on...

  • Mixed IMP Pairs
    N K Gupta Trophy
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    Event is a three day event. The elimination round consists of 10 sessions of 10 Boards each on...

System

The tournament will follow the WBF 2017 Laws of Duplicate Bridge as amended from time to time. The applicable Supplemental Conditions of Contest shall be circulated before the start of the tournament.

Important Notes

  • In SILVER event, a team can have only one “National Master or above level player”, who will be treated as the team mentor. All other players should be below the rank of “National Master”. In case, a team is found to have more than one player above “National Master” level, the team will be scratched from the Silver event.
  • Any player who has played in any of the Previous Finals of HCL Team of Four – Silver event (from 2013 onwards) will be treated as equivalent to “National Masters” for this purpose, irrespective of the fact that he / she may not have attained the status of “National Master” in terms of Master Points.
  • All foreign teams will participate in the “GOLD event” only, unless the Tournament Committee gives them special permission to participate in “SILVER” category.
  • The MPs to be considered for participation in the Silver event will be as on 15th Sep 2026.
  • The TOP 26 pairs from Elimination-3 round of MP Pairs will qualify for MP Pairs GOLD final, whereas pairs ranked 27-52 will play in the MP Pairs SILVER final. The rest of the Elimination-3 qualifiers will be seeded to the IMP Pairs final.
  • The TOP 25 pairs from Elimination round of Mixed IMP Pairs will qualify for Mixed IMP Pairs GOLD final, whereas pairs ranked 26-51 will play in the Mixed IMP Pairs SILVER final. The rest of the participating pairs can play in the Mixed IMP STRATA event.
  • The sponsor will have a quota of 2 Pairs, directly seeded to the MP Pairs GOLD Final and quota of 1 Pair seeded to the Mixed IMP Pairs Final. The sponsor can nominate any player to play in the final, irrespective of whether the player has played in elimination round or not. However, a sponsored player is not eligible for Ranking Points, if he / she has first played in the elimination round and after not qualifying has again re-entered the final.
  • The Match Point Pairs STRATA is only for those Non-qualifiers, who could not qualify to the elim-2 round of the MP Pairs event. Similarly the Mixed IMP Pairs STRATA and IMP Pairs STRATA is only for those non-qualifiers, who have played the elimination event but could not qualify to the Finals. Any non-qualifier not interested to play the STRATA event is kindly requested to inform the same to TC Pant through WhatsApp (Mob: 9811094407) or personally at the venue.
  • In ProAm event, recognized expert players may not be permitted to play as an Amateur, at the discretion of the Tournament Committee.
  • Registration for all events will only be done online. The Registration will be considered “complete”, only once the payment of entry fee is made online through the payment gateway on the registration page.
  • No entry for team event (Gold & Silver) will be accepted after the stipulated closing time of 2100 hrs on Sunday, September 27, 2026.
    All teams are advised to register their entries in advance on the website. The following persons can be contacted for any clarification:
    T.C. Pant - Tel: +919811094407 Email: tcpant@hotmail.com
    Sudhir Aggarwal – Tel: +919810100361 Email: sgaggarwal@gmail.com
    Srinivasan Iyengar - Tel: +919974164676 Email: cardpacker@gmail.com
  • Closing time for entries of Mixed IMP Pairs is 2100 hrs on Sunday, September 27, 2026.
  • Closing time for entries of MP Pairs is 2100 hrs on Monday, October 05, 2026.
  • Closing time for entries of IMP Pairs is 2100 hrs on Wednesday, October 07, 2026.
  • Closing time for entries of SWISS Teams is 2100 hrs on Friday, October 09, 2026.
  • Participating players are required to take their seats as per the program; failure to do so will result in penalty.
  • Displaying properly completed convention cards at the table is compulsory. Copies of blank Convention cards will be made available at the venue.
  • Lunch will be provided to players at the venue. Tea/coffee and snacks during scheduled tea breaks, will also be provided.
  • Players are requested not to bring Tea/Coffee/Cold drinks/Lunch inside the playing arena.
  • Please visit the Tournament website www.hcl-bridge.com for accommodation details in nearby hotels and their contacts. Details will be updated around 15th June 2026.
  • The applicable Supplementary Conditions of Contest (SCoC) will be published on the tournament website www.hcl-bridge.com by 31st July 2026.
  • Tournament will follow the WBF - 2017 Laws of Duplicate Bridge.
  • The organizing committee has the right to change the tournament schedule and format, if deemed necessary.
  • All prize money will be credited to the winners’ bank accounts within 20-30 days of the final day of the tournament, with the condition that the player has submitted the documents required by HCL’s accounts department for transferring the same into their bank accounts.