In our fervent and vigorous preparation preceding the Youth World Championships, my partner Darwin and I were practicing on a bidding table around eleven thirty pm Mumbai time. It was lonely, repetitive work, and both of us were exhausted and ready to call it a day. Suddenly, the familiar ping of BBO chat jolted me […]
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Bridge has been enjoyed by people around the world for years. It is a card game that transcends social barriers, captivating the young and old, the rich and poor alike. Despite its long history and widespread popularity, bridge has not been fully solved. Even with the aid of computers and sophisticated AI programs, robots new
V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, The game of bridge is benevolent to both the declarer and defenders, equally! Clues, informations and opportunities are all available for the asking and yet… Philip Alder in his recent column advises “Remember the bidding”. It applies equally to the declarer and the defenders. You might have read a
The Catholic Club, Bangalore, held its annual tournament yesterday. As a transient visitor to the city, I had gravitated there to play and was really overwhelmed by the event. For more than one reason. The first reason for being overwhelmed was the participation. There were 34 tables for the pairs event in the morning and
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Dear Bridge Lovers, Yesterday’s post drew a lot of reactions in various WhatsApp groups and raised a few questions about the upcoming Summer National Championships. I am therefore focusing this post on this event. As usual, the emphasis will be on facts. I am sure organizing an event of this scale is quite difficult. Nevertheless,
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Dear Friends, It has taken a long time for me to come to writing this post. Believe you me, I have agonized about it for the past several weeks about whether we should air the issues taxing the BFI in such a public manner. I kept telling myself that the officials of the BFI are
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The 5th “PCU International University Bridge Trophy” is a free bridge event for universities and university colleges worldwide. The main objective is to offer students a platform where bridge is considered as a valuable instrument to develop international interaction and experience, with emphasis on Fair Play and Universal Friendship. The event was conducted online on
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The Bhartia Memorial 2023 tournament came to a successful conclusion yesterday and, I am sure, everybody who came there enjoyed themselves thoroughly. I am sharing a few observations on the event that are over and above the results which are by now known to everybody. Some of the photographs (and any videos) are thanks to
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Swiss Teams Team Jiya (Anirban Sarkar – Baskar ganguly – Bhaskar Sarcar – Kachchu – Partha Banerjee – Sujan Choudhury) had a phenomenal last round in the super league, virtually blanking out Rampage to win the KK Memorial Tournament. They literally snatched the cup from the lips of Mavericks (Subodh Maskara, Anal Shah, Debabrata Majumder, Keyzad
Swiss League Team Jiya (Anirban Sarkar – Baskar ganguly – Bhaskar Sarcar – Kachchu – Partha Banerjee – Sujan Choudhury) stormed to the top of the Swiss League table with a strong performance throughout. In 8 rounds, in which they totaled 112.14 VPs, their lowest score was 9.16. An extremely consistent performance. In second place,
