Today’s deal is from a pairs tournament which had twenty tables. Except for two pairs, who declared 6C, all others reached 3NT with the N-S cards. A rare type of squeeze came up and one declarer seized the opportunity to make eleven tricks, after a favourable lead. Plan the play and see if you can […]
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Priyanka Gulati I recently saw pictures of Milind Soman at the Mavericks Premier League, and I couldn’t help but reflect on his remarkable influence. While most recognize him as an actor and model, we women see him through a different lens. Milind is the face of Pinkathon, the driving force behind making running not just
This article is not about the recent Crowdstrike glitch which affected the Microsoft Windows operating system. This article is about bridge, or rather the non happening of bridge i.e. the cancellation of the Fenesta (windows) Ladies Ranking tournament to be held in January, 2025. The news appeared in a laconic message in a WhatsApp group.
Priyanka Gulati The goings on at the recently concluded World Youth Bridge Championships has left a dirty taste in everybody’s mouths. The other day, while chatting with my son about how the young generation questions more and loves luxury, I shared some widely discussed bridge incidents from various WhatsApp groups. He responded with a quote:
Last fortnight we saw a deal where declarer, almost magically, made a seemingly impossible 6♥ contract. Incredible as that deal was, it didn’t get the team anything because some extraordinary play occurred in the closed room as well, albeit in a 6♠ contract from the other direction. Read what happened and marvel at the beauty
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The last week saw the conducting of the 8th World Youth Team Championships and Wroclaw, Poland. Unfortunately, the performance of our team was way below expectation, finishing just 5th in the teams and just one pair qualifying for the pairs finals in the form of Sagnik Roy and Soumadeep Ghosh. That the pair didn’t do
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Today’s deal is from an IMPs match. What seemed an easy contract, suddenly became difficult when declarer came to know the foul split in spades after the opening lead. Yet he found a brilliant solution. See if the solution occurred to you. The bidding is as explained above. After South signed off with
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We had posed you, dear viewers a lead problem yesterday. Did you think about what you may like to lead? If you are able to visualize partner’s likely hand from the bidding or make an educated guess, you can come up with some stunning leads. In short, you have to be imaginative. So,
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The main reason for writing this report is to express an overwhelming sense of gratitude for the phenomenal response all of you bridge lovers displayed towards celebrating Raj Jayaram’s birth anniversary. All of his friends and I were extremely moved by this response with 141 pairs playing this evening. We present below a message from
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This is a small video to describe the goings on that the MBA Summer League conducted at Kensington Club, Nashik on 22-23 June 2024. While the video is still experimental (errors in editing and such like stuff may please be forgiven), we hope you enjoy our coverage of the events. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adCjlkXu9Gc As is normal,
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