Finals Day 1 Parting Gift started the finals with some solid bridge to end the day 8 imps ahead. While Samadhan did well in the first session, Dhampur Sugar Mills cracked the whip to end the day 13.5 imps ahead. Parting Gift drew first blood on board 7 when Samir and Biswajit bid an […]
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Semi Finals Day 2 Day 1 of the Semifinals ended 56-56 between Rampage and Samadhan, not counting the 12 IMP carry-over. DSM had their work cut out, trailing by 58 IMPs. Unfortunately for DSM, the 3rd set did not go as they hoped. They had a brief revival here, when Swarnendu and Rana Roy
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by Karthik Srinivasan Semi Finals The first two quarters of the 2021 national masters were played Tuesday 11/23/2021. The two matches were as different as chalk and cheese. While Parting Gift hammered Dhampur Sugar Mills, Samadhan continued their impressive run, squaring the first 2 sessions to have a very good chance of winning. The scores
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Quarter Final Results Rampage and Parting Gift, the two dominant leaders overnight comfortably won their matches. Poddar Housing, ceded their match after session 3, figuring the led of 66 imps was too large to overcome in 12 deals. Aristos pulled up their socks in session 3 and won it handsomely 41-8 to take a lead
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The Kr. Murli Manohar National Masters started yesterday. The field saw a participation of 29 teams, which is the largest number seen in this event for a few years. Clearly, the ability to play from a place of comfort, as well reduced expenses of travel and stay, has increased the level of participation in the
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Quarter Final Standings The top two finishers of the Swiss League, Rampage and Parting Gift, stamped their dominance over their selected opponents, Bangur Cement and Poddar Housing to lead by 45+ imps at the half way stage. Aristos found themselves needing some rearguard action as Dhampur Sugar Mills established a 27 imp lead over them.
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V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, We have often heard the old adage of not leaping to conclusions. But tell me, how often have we rued not having thought again? What is actually better: going with your instincts? or stopping to consider and be considerate of others? The hand below illustrates some of the thoughts
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Hema Deora It’s been a year and eight months the killer pandemic engulfed the entire world in no time. In order to save our lives, but not our livelihood the government announced a total lockdown. Suddenly toiling hard to survive, petrified poor daily workers having no shelters began to migrate to reach their little
Raju Tolani and Ajay Khare played strong and steady bridge to emerge clear winners of the UNN Rao Memorial Gold tournament. They finished comfortably ahead of second placed Pinaki Khan and A Bhattacharjee. The latter finished very narrowly ahead of 3rd placed Swarnendu Banerjee and Rana Roy, who had a very indifferent final session. The
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The second session of the finals of the UNN Rao Memorial Bridge Tournament was played yesterday. Gold Section Tapan Kumar Roy and Sailen Das won the session with 39 IMPs. The cumulative result of yesterday’s performance can be seen here. It may be noted that the detailed results reflects the standing at the end of
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