The Chandigarh Open Bridge Championship, a national level tournament organised by the Chandigarh Bridge Association started on Friday at the Sports Complex, Sector 42 here.
National and international level players from various places like Delhi, Allahabad, Dehradun and neighboring States are participating in the 21 teams for the gross prize money of `2,00,000.
At the end of the fourth round, keen competition was on between three Delhi teams and one Haryana team with the Delhi teams in the forefront. The Chandigarh team led by HS Dhariwal was also in the hunt for the top 8 positions.
The three-day tournament will end on March 31. The Team event is of eight rounds of Swiss league of 10 Boards per Round, part of which was played on Friday and the balance on March 30. The Top eight teams will play the Super league on March 31. The Pairs event will consist of two sessions on March 31. There will be no elimination and all players will play on all three days.