by Dr. Subir Roy (pictures courtesy Sherein Ryan) One of the most colorful personalitues of Indian bridge, Bimal Sicka, faded away today and moved on. She made a difference to Indian bridge, especially in the 80’s and 90’s. To give an example, she was responsible for bringing the Bengalis into mainstream commercial bridge in the 80’s. […]
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The Tricon Infotech 2025 Championships were held on 5th-6th April 2025. As I happened to be in Bangalore on those dates, I ended up participating. The whole experience was extremely enjoyable which prompted me to write this post. Even though I had to travel for over an hour to reach the venue (though that is
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The Bhartia Grand Prix, 2025 concluded successfully on the 1st of April. Sharing a few thoughts on the event. It has been a long time since I have written about anything and I have to say that this post has been motivated by an event which was heartwarming. These thoughts are more observations about the
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The EA Womens Championships started off with a big bang. The competition itself was held in E Hotel which is adjacent to the EA mall. As a bridge player, I found it tremendously satisfying to see bill boards for bridge all over the mall! For a minute I felt like a cricket player. The facilities
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Courtesy R. Krishnan – (Kista). Artificial Intelligence has created a huge impact on life as we know it. It has also impinged on our beloved game of bridge as this story shows- The bridge table was a battlefield. On one side, the formidable duo of “The Generals” – a retired brigadier and his wife, a
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The curtains drew on the 66th WinterNational Bridge Championships last evening and these are a few thoughts I have had on the event as it has unfolded. These are all 10,000 foot level thoughts and have very little, if anything to do with the results of the events. That the events were well organized need
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The Ruia Winter Nationals in Pune is a wonderful, fitting end to the year. The bridge calendar being so chock a block, I correct myself it’s not the end- we still have a couple more events to go through. The boxing stadium is an inspiring venue, where one can imagine tough bouts and upper cuts,
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The Indian team performed exceptionally well at the recently-concluded World Bridge Games in Buenos Aires: Ravi Goenka’s team made it to the Finals of the Seniors’ event, where they gave the fancied US team (which included storied players like Meckstroth, Zia, and Lall) a run for their money; the young and upcoming pair of Binod
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The curtains drew on the 16th World Bridge Games last night and this is our final report of the event. To start with, the Indian Highlights Indian Seniors have to rest content with second place. Congratulations to them. Binod and Sanjit win the Adolfo D Madala event Indian Mixed team finish 2nd in Transnational teams,
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Today’s highlights India had a disastrous session 3 and now trail in the finals by 39 imps. Binod and Sanjit finish 2nd in the flight B pairs. Prakash and Anirudh 5th Indian Mixed team lying 2nd in Transnational teams, Category C. But first, some pictures once again, largely courtesy Simon Stocken
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