We are just sharing with you a calendar of the events being planned in December and January. As far as January goes, please bear in mind that the dates are tentative and details will be updated as finalized Weekend Fare This Sunday, BridgeFromHome brings you Winter Diaries, a match point pairs event held in the […]
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V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, There is a basic concept in Bridge, which everyone agrees but is generally flouted! You don’t open when there is no rebid 🙃. Unlike Bridge though, the pandemic has no such rule. Covid, it seems, has many re- bids, like it or not 😭 Srirangam, near Trichy, is a
Weekend Fare This Sunday, BridgeFromHome brings you Winter Diaries, a match point pairs event held in the Swiss Format. The event will be conducted over two sessions. Prizes worth Rs. 20,000 are on offer A special point to be noted is that we will be awarding Greenhorn Prizes for participants with less than 25
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Finals Day 2 Parting Gift played solid bridge to clinically despatch their opponents in the Kr Murli Manohar National Masters Final. The extent of their supremacy can be seen by the way they won each session (the last one handsomely at that) to overcome a carry over of 12 imps as though it were
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Finals Day 1 Parting Gift started the finals with some solid bridge to end the day 8 imps ahead. While Samadhan did well in the first session, Dhampur Sugar Mills cracked the whip to end the day 13.5 imps ahead. Parting Gift drew first blood on board 7 when Samir and Biswajit bid an
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Semi Finals Day 2 Day 1 of the Semifinals ended 56-56 between Rampage and Samadhan, not counting the 12 IMP carry-over. DSM had their work cut out, trailing by 58 IMPs. Unfortunately for DSM, the 3rd set did not go as they hoped. They had a brief revival here, when Swarnendu and Rana Roy
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Quarter Final Results Rampage and Parting Gift, the two dominant leaders overnight comfortably won their matches. Poddar Housing, ceded their match after session 3, figuring the led of 66 imps was too large to overcome in 12 deals. Aristos pulled up their socks in session 3 and won it handsomely 41-8 to take a lead
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The Kr. Murli Manohar National Masters started yesterday. The field saw a participation of 29 teams, which is the largest number seen in this event for a few years. Clearly, the ability to play from a place of comfort, as well reduced expenses of travel and stay, has increased the level of participation in the
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Quarter Final Standings The top two finishers of the Swiss League, Rampage and Parting Gift, stamped their dominance over their selected opponents, Bangur Cement and Poddar Housing to lead by 45+ imps at the half way stage. Aristos found themselves needing some rearguard action as Dhampur Sugar Mills established a 27 imp lead over them.
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V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, We have often heard the old adage of not leaping to conclusions. But tell me, how often have we rued not having thought again? What is actually better: going with your instincts? or stopping to consider and be considerate of others? The hand below illustrates some of the thoughts
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