V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen To begin with, where shall I begin? I will begin with the time when I was a beginner. 50 years ago, when I waded into the world of Bridge, there were no coaching classes, no trainers, no nothing. To start with, one was not even allowed on the table […]
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The Willingdon Sports Club Bridge Tournament concluded yesterday. Here are a few observations and thoughts (all my own work). First of all, the participation levels exceeded the best expectations of the organizers and for that, they thank all of you profusely. Secondly, I have to say that the quality of food provided was absolutely
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Priyanka Gulati If ( inspired by Rudyard Kipling) If only I can keep my head And think of what is led When partner is calling for slam I missed it again.. Damn!! Oh what a shame Tournament is not my game And the opponent called it a penalty The points are the only realty The
Priyanka Gulati For the uninitiated, Chat GPT is an AI based app, which has a conversation based on all data available. It is capable of doing many things like, answering questions on many facets of life and, among other things, even write rap songs! The moment I discovered it, I was like a little kid
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V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen If anyone has not heard of, or read Victor Mollo, you are yet to graduate in Bridge. Victor Mollo, an all time great British bridge player, has won almost all the coveted tournaments. His books “Bridge in the Menagerie”, “Card play techniques” , “Bridge in the 4th Dimensions” all
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V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen “Are you myopic on the Bridge table?” It is an irrefutable fact that a bridge player needs to be far-sighted and sharp on the table! But it is not uncommon that one develops “Myopia” – worse, one becomes “Color blind ” even 🙃 The colorful game has only two
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The 18th Yeshwant Rao Holkar Championships concluded yesterday. Here are a few observations and thoughts (all my own work). As has now become usual, there are no comments to be made on the organization of the event itself. Managing events on this scale is tough and the organising team did a great job to run
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V N Ramamoorthy For time immemorial, men have been struggling to decipher the minds and moods of the fairer sex! If married, it is much more a daunting task, may be 😢😇 But both men and women are equally at their wits’ end at the bridge table – for locating / taming of her majesty
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Shri Vijayanand Singh, along with his son, Pradeep, won the Shri Murli Deora Memorial IMP pairs event conducted yesterday with a score of 43.09 IMPs. Harjeet Singh and R. Venkatesh secured 2nd place with a score of 39.39 IMPs. We could not help put feel for N. Rajmohan and Jenish (sir?!) who were second by
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Let’s face it. We have all faced days when the Queen is elusive. Both the finesses don’t work! 75% BAH! Your non vulnerable pre-empt goes for a telephone number when opponents don’t have a slam. Opponents reach unreachable games or slams! The worst thing: opponent passes a forcing bid and you gleefully pass only to
