V N Ramamoorthy If I recall right, I wrote in November 2020 about the evolution of the modern game of bridge we play it today. It originated as a game called ” Whist drive ” back in 17th century in U.K. As recently as in 1970’s / 1980’s , I have played whist drive in […]
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V N Ramamoorthy There is this old saying which goes “Habits die hard”. So be it. But what about passions? Well, they never die! The passion one develops for the game of bridge is an enigmatic puzzle! ( The tautology is deliberate 🙃). When the habit of bridge blossoms into an “Obdurate” passion, you never
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Vijit Berry Many of you would have known Nicky Mehra (Nicky95) far better than i knew her. But she really was a larger than life personality. Always laughing and a fun person. And that’s the way i will always remember her. She was very very fond of playing bridge. And all of you who knew
V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen Rumination is a natural digestive practice for animals with split hooves and 4 legs. In lay terms it is also described as ‘Chewing the Cud’. It is recommended as a good habit for the 2 legged specimens (with bird brain). Jokes aside, rumination is equivalent to “Post mortem”in
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V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, Is Eleven an enigmatic number in Bridge? There is a connection ( unfathomable) between numbers and sports, including bridge. As also directions! Some players are particular about sitting in N-S seats and more particular on sitting North, I don’t know why. It is, perhaps akin to choosing jersey numbers
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Priyanka Gulati One would assume Bridge does not require physical prowess and is a mind game hence there should be no gender distinction. However, the data speaks differently. The top ranked woman player as per current World Women’s Ranking has an Open Ranking of 1812. Statistically, it could be that she has not participated in
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Mavericks win Future Masters Teams Event Mavericks (Subodh Maskara, Amit Dabriwala, Jesal Dabriwala, Pritam Das, Subrata Guha, Tapan Bhattacharya) won the champions in a masterly fashion beating Avengers Assemble (Soham Sarkar, Bijit Datta, Saila Ranjan Das, Shouvik Das, Biswadip Roy and Mithun Mukherjee) by 68.3 IMPs to 53. As a matter of fact, the runners
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The Future Masters Swiss League ended yesterday afternoon with Avengers Assemble (Soham Sarkar, Bijit Datta, Saila Ranjan Das, Shouvik Das, Biswadip Roy and Mithun Mukherjee) on top of the heap with Gladiators (Tarun Singhal, Arvind Jain, Abdi Naffar, Anurag Pandey and Nitin Vaidya). Proyas (Sagar Bhuiya, Tanmoy Mujumdar, Rajesh Jain, Sisir Banerjee, Prasanta Bera and
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V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, Wysiwyg is management jargon for “What you see is what you get”. Nowhere is it less true than on the bridge table. The corridors of bridge educators are ringing with the phrase “Mistrust the obvious! ” How often have you heard this conversation on the table “Why don’t you
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The Future Masters Swiss League is all set to head for a fascinating finish. Avengers Assemble (Soham Sarkar, Bijit Datta, Saila Ranjan Das, Shouvik Das, Biswadip Roy and Mithun Mukherjee) currently lead the field from Mavericks (Subodh Maskara Amit Dabriwala, Jesal Dabriwala, Subrata Guha and Tapan Bhattacharya). However, with three rounds to go, anybody from
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