V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, “Ahimsa – is a bad word in Bridge 🙃!” That one day in every year, when we remember the Mahatma is jut around the corner! You nonchalantly resort to all criminal things all through the year and suddenly you become a lover of peace for one day 😢 Well […]
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The HCL 2021 edition was remarkable in the sense that, after a long time, the final was played between two Indian Teams. In this post, Kista takes us through the gigantic third session of the quarter final which saw them overcome the favorites, Russia. Disclaimer : All opinions are entirely those of the author and
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Sukrit Vijayakar The Indian Bridge fraternity lost another iconic character yesterday with the passing away of Bharat (Buddy) Shah. Most of remember him as the manager of VU Graph on BBO. He was present at every major event, regaling everybody with his anecdotes and infusing everybody with a ‘joie de vivre’ with his ever
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V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, “What is your DNA for Bridge? ” Learning to play winning bridge is similar to a lesson in Management, believe you me. 🙂 Bridge has no caste, creed, religion and is common to all blood groups. But your DNA is important for winning! If you don’t have the right
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V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, “Pairing in Bridge – An Art or Science? ” Marriages are made in heaven – so they say. In Bridge, marriages are made in minds – or should I say ” Mindset “? Sometimes you end up with strange bed-fellows on the table 🙃 and that results in a
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V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, ” The Bulls tame the Formidables in the end “! Texas is famous for Indian diaspora and the bulls 😀 The clash of the Titans for the crown is over. In the ultimate analysis, the Texan bulls and their Aces tamed the Formidables! Half way through, the Formidable threw
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V N Ramamurthy Ladies and Gentlemen, ” The Royal finale is – on the CARDS, literally! ” The D – day has arrived. Is it going to be a nail – biting finish? Let’s wait and watch. Will the Texans put up a ” Formidable” fight – well they certainly have some Aces up their
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Now Beginners can compete among themselves The Bridge Federation of India proposes to conduct a “Beginner’s National” in the first week of October. The event will be conducted on BBO. Two categories are being envisaged viz. Zero Master Points Up to 25 Master Points Details will be posted on the BFI Website soon. We have
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Draws on RealBridge During the recently concluded HCL Swiss League, and other Swiss Leagues that BridgeFromHome has run on the RealBridge platform, many people have often pointed out how, the draws being made by RealBridge are inconsistent with the draws that would have been made had we been making the draws manually, or using other
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The Independence Day Board a Match. Memories of BAM This happens only in bridge Upcoming Events The Independence Day Board a Match Game Yesterday, BridgeFromHome sort of celebrated the first anniversary of its renaissance, so to speak. Exactly a year ago, we had commenced tournaments on the RealBridge platform. For us, this was a new
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