The 33rd Khondkar Fazle Sobhan Trophy National Pairs Bridge Championship organised by the Bangladesh Bridge Federation got underway at the Engineers Recreation Centre yesterday. The two-day meet is sponsored by Grameenphone.
Former foreign secretary and Bangladesh Enterprise Institute president Farooq Sobhan inaugurated the meet as the chief guest.
A total of 72 pairs participated in the first round with 24 pairs qualifying for the second round at the end of the inaugural day. Pairs form India, Korea and Russia are also participating in the meet. A total of 14 pairs will enter the final round which will be played today.
In the 14-pair barometer final session in the last edition, AK Firoze Ahmed and Moazzem Hussain became champions scoring 269.78 points. AHM Kamruzzaman Sohag and Asifur Rahman Chowdhury were runners up with 253.87 points.
