Sukrit Vijayakar

There is many a slip twixt the cup and the lip. Indian supporters had a first hand experience of the meaning of this proverb as they saw what looked like an almost certain slot for qualification slip from there grasp and smash into smithereens yesterday. On the encouraging side, the ladies put on another sterling […]

The open team had a bad at the  office on Day 7 at Marrakesh leaving them in 9th position and having tough matches to qualify. The ladies team put in another heartening days performance and have acquitted themselves creditably albeit that they have no chance of qualification. Do follow our mini bulletins. And all contributions

Day 6 at Marrakesh was day of solid performances from the Open and Ladies teams. While the Open team has all our hearts beating with excitement at the prospect of qualification, the Ladies team has given us hope for the future. A quick reaction to a couple of comments received on yesterday’s post. Let me

Day 5 at Marrakesh was a good one for the Indian open team, a disastrous one for the seniors, a heartening  one for the ladies and a nothing (for want of a better word) day for the seniors. As we come to the closing stages of the round robin, only the Open team has any

Day 4 at Marrakesh was a good one from India and has left one brimming with some hope albeit only time will tell our final standing. The Open Team has continued to maintain its solid steady performance keeping our hopes up.  The seniors team posted two big wins yesterday to raise hopes of the possibility

Day 3 at Marrakesh continued to be one of disappointments with all teams except the open virtually out of the race for qualification. The Open Team, while it still does have a chance, will have to play hard to make the cut. We hope they do! We have, today, some pictures from Marrakesh, shared in

Day 2 at Marrakesh was definitely a disappointing one for India. The Indian ladies, who had filled us with so much hope on day 1, were given a dose of reality today. The Indian mixed team continued to struggle, notching up their first win only in the last session. While the Indian seniors did win

The 46th World Bridge Championships got underway in Marḥba, Marrakesh on the 20th of August. BridgeFromHome will attempt to cover them in an overall manner. We would welcome reports of hands, or detailed matches from anybody. Will try and post them in the day’s coverage. For India, the day appeared to be a mixed bag.

I first met Naku,when I joined the Aravali Hostel of IIT Delhi in 1979,where Naku was a “long term resident”. I think he was in his 7th or 8th year then. He was brilliant having got straight A s in all the Maths courses he took, no mean fit to achieve in an IIT. However