Kolkata/IBNS, Dec. 1 -- The 67th Ashok Ruia Memorial Winter National Bridge Championship got off to a strong start on Monday at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, New Town, with the duo of Kamna Sharma (Mumbai) and Richa Sriram (Delhi) leading the field of twelve qualifiers for the final round of the Amla Ruia Women Pairs Event.

After 21 rounds, Kamna and Richa topped the table with 140 International Match Points (IMPs) out of 22 contesting pairs.

The other pairs who qualified for Tuesday's final are: 2. Vasanti Shah & Bharati Dey (67) 3. Rupa Bakeri & Aparna Sain (64) 4. Ramani Menon & Ekta Chadha (58) 5. Vidhya Patel & Kalpana Gurjar (36) 6. Aditi Sahastrabuddhe & Manisha Anand Jamenis (26) 7. Lalita Limaye & Jayshree Kanetkar (21) 8...