The Teams event of the KBA Open Bridge Championship climaxed in a houseboat today with local junior, Matthew Chandy, helping his team claim the title in an amazing come from behind performance in the last round. At the main venue, the match point pairs went on with the first and second eliminations being conducted. But […]
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The KBA Open Bridge Championship kicked off today in the idyllic backdrop of a sea shore. 23 teams participated. For me, the most endearing part was a team called Puducherry Boys, featuring a pair of kids Roshan (8 years old) and Krishan (11 years old). In the first round they were facing off against a
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When we start playing bridge, one of the first things one learns is about finessing. Then, as one progresses, one learns more, when not to finesse; finessing into the danger hand etc. etc. As one plays more, we also hear mesmerising stories about how opponents can be squeezed and the various ways in which this
The FNCC championships in Hyderabad concluded successfully yesterday. The event has attracted a lot of criticism, not all of which is unjustified, due to it being overwhelmed by the extremely positive response to the event. Before we dwell on the problems faced in the conducting of the event, let us first remember all the good
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After the bridge tournament this weekend, organized by the ACB at Chimes, I came home to a loving family to forget the errors I had made, and rejoice in the fact that I had played the finals with the best in the country. Coincidentally, I started reading a very interesting book titled- “Time to Think”
The BFI has published a rectification to the results of the elections conducted on 6th January 2024. In this rectification, Shri Prasad Keni has been declared elected as President in the light of his winning an overwhelming majority during the elections conducted on 6th January, 2024. In our previous post pertaining to the elections, we
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Rajendra Gokhale and Sandeep Karmarkar, won the Willingdon Bridge Annual Bridge Championship, 2024 after seven rounds of stiff competition. In second place were veterans Gajendra Vyas and Narendra Sharma from Jaipur with N K Chitlangia, Subir Majumder and Aniruddha Bhattacharjee in third place. The top three in each category were felicitated by the Willingdon Club
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Hello friends, It gives me great pleasure to tell all of you that a 13 year old boy, Tirthraj Chowdhury, and his father Debraj, finsished in first place at the end of the classification stage of the Swiss Pairs. To say that their performance is remarkable is an understatement. Not only does it speak well
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Hello friends, While I am extremely involved in the conduction of this event as a director, the itch to report is extremely strong. It really is not possible to provide a commentary on the day’s goings on. Let me nevertheless share with you some images of the day which have been contributed by several people.
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Indian Bridge appears to have come of age! For the first time in recent memory, a team comprising only of Indian qualified for the finals of the WBT Masters Tournament at Reykjavik being played from 22-25 January, 2024 after topping the (almost) round robin by a huge margin. The Mavericks team, comprising of Subodh Maskara
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