V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, The Table of statistical “Tricknometry” can be tricky! Bridge is a simple game with minimal need for maths, so you think. The common belief is that to “Pass” the test in bridge, one just needs to know to count from 1 to 13. Yes, basically one must be able […]
V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen It takes every kind of person to make the quixotic bridge world. No lack of variety – casual, serious, tournament, social, rubber and friendly – take your pick. But the nuance of winning at bridge table is when you are able to be casually serious or vice versa. Confusing?
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V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen I know I’m inviting the wrath of many a bridge stalwart who smoke. Let me confide that I am the least eligible to advise anyone on the ills of smoking or otherwise 🙃 There was a time – a window of 20 years or so – when I used
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The 5th “PCU International University Bridge Trophy” is a free bridge event for universities and university colleges worldwide. The main objective is to offer students a platform where bridge is considered as a valuable instrument to develop international interaction and experience, with emphasis on Fair Play and Universal Friendship. The event was conducted online on
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The Bhartia Memorial 2023 tournament came to a successful conclusion yesterday and, I am sure, everybody who came there enjoyed themselves thoroughly. I am sharing a few observations on the event that are over and above the results which are by now known to everybody. Some of the photographs (and any videos) are thanks to
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V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen “The greedy pursuit on the baize”! Simplistically put, the effort of any player is just to earn tricks. By hook or by crook – does not matter! The declarer is supposed to be on the offensive, but this is not always necessarily true. In abnormal circumstances, one has to
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Swiss Teams Team Jiya (Anirban Sarkar – Baskar ganguly – Bhaskar Sarcar – Kachchu – Partha Banerjee – Sujan Choudhury) had a phenomenal last round in the super league, virtually blanking out Rampage to win the KK Memorial Tournament. They literally snatched the cup from the lips of Mavericks (Subodh Maskara, Anal Shah, Debabrata Majumder, Keyzad
Swiss League Team Jiya (Anirban Sarkar – Baskar ganguly – Bhaskar Sarcar – Kachchu – Partha Banerjee – Sujan Choudhury) stormed to the top of the Swiss League table with a strong performance throughout. In 8 rounds, in which they totaled 112.14 VPs, their lowest score was 9.16. An extremely consistent performance. In second place,
The K Krishnakumar Memorial Tournament got under way yesterday with 40 teams participating in the Swiss League. The overwhelming participation has made us increase the number of qualifiers from 6 to 8 as also the number of qualifying rounds. We thank all of you for your enthusiastic response. We would also like to thank Mr.
My association with KK dates back to the mid-eighties, when I met him in Delhi for the first time and saw him play in DBA. He stood out as a thorough gentleman and a very polished individual. I did not play as his partner in Delhi; rather, my first encounter with him as partner came
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