VN Ramamoorthy

Pause? Or Hesitation?

V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, You need to have faith, both in religion and bridge. After all, we have all agreed that the game is like religion. Notwithstanding the system, gadgets and partnership understanding, you need to have confidence. Any hesitation while bidding or playing can be a tell-tale giveaway. The moment you hesitate,

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Bridge Politics

V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, Prima facie, there is nothing in common between Politics and Bridge per se. But take another look For example, you have the vocabulary, maybe. There exist “Major(ity)”, ” Minor(ity)”, Splits, percentage plays, cashing of tricks or votes, deceptive moves and leads, transfer of “Suit” cases et al. Unity in

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Back to school

V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, As there is no end to learning, any subject including Bridge, one continues to learn. There are many known teachers in the community. You have Narayan Iyer and Sunil Varghese in Chennai, Ravi Raman and Arvind Vaidya in Maharashtra, Manoj and Girish in Bangalore, Parimal Vahalia in Ahmedabad and

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UCC for Bridge

V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, All of us, irrespective of our depth of knowledge or skill level game play this game for  pleasure, not pain. To ensure this pleasure for all of us, it is necessary that, notwithstanding the sanctity of our system, personality and gender, we follow UCC on bridge table! UCC is

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