Last night, P.S Mukherjee (aka Chandu) slipped a small line in a couple of WhatsApp groups saying that Subrata Saha, (fondly know as Baba Da) passed away last night. It would be an understatement to say that you could have knocked off virtually the whole Indian bridge lovers field with a feather. The news came […]
Every year, close to the birth anniversary of her husband, Mrs. Hema Deora hosts a tournament in the memory of her beloved husband, the late Shri Murli Deora. A whole lot of nice things have been said about him previously on BridgeFromHome as well. This year, we are going to let people do the talking!
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Subsequent to the BFI publishing the results of the elections conducted on 6th January 2024, the BFI President elect, Mr. Subodh Maskara, had this message for all bridge lovers. It is essentially a reiteration of the commitment made to the bridge populace prior to seeking election. He has also invited people actively interested in furthering
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The BFI has finally formally published the results of the elections conducted on 6th January 2024. The full committee can be viewed by clicking here. The successful candidates for the primary posts are as below President : Shri Subodh Maskara Secretary : Shri Debashis Ray Treasurer : Shri C Satish Kumar
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This is a continuation of our series on planning declarer play. Take the south seat in today’s deal from a match-point event that had fifteen tables. Twelve N-S pairs reached 6S and made exactly twelve tricks. The remaining three, however, bid the optimistic grand, and all of them failed to make the contract. See whether
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This morning, I received a phone call which stated, in shocked tones, that Raj Jayaram had passed away. Now, Raj Jayaram is not that well known a player. But he has, through his good nature and many travels, touched many a heart. His death was very sudden, apparently due to leukaemia, the knowledge of which
The last day of the 65th Winter Bridge Nationals saw Kamal Mukherjee and Mithun Mukherjee lift the Shree Cement Gold MP Pairs trophy. Rajeev Deo and Vilas Chouthai won the Senior IMP Pairs and R. Anbazaghan and KK Mishra won the Consolation Swiss Pairs Event. Read about all this and more as BridgeFromHome completes its
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The 6th day of the 65th Winter Bridge Nationals saw Prasun Mukhopadhyay and Abhijit Chakraborty leading 26 pairs into the finals of the Shree Cement MP Pairs. It also crown Vinay Mohan Lal and KS Samant the champion of the Shree Cement Match Point Pairs Silver finals. Read about all this and more as BridgeFromHome
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The 5th day of the 65th Winter Bridge Nationals saw Indian Railways A winning the Ashok Ruia Gold Cup. Amarnath Banerjee and RP Tripathi won the 1st Elimination of the Shree Cement Match Point Pairs. Read about all this and more as BridgeFromHome continues to bring you coverage of the event. Ashok Ruia Gold
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Yesterday, the electoral college of the Bridge Federation of India met and voted to decide its Executive Committee for the next two years. While most of the office bearers appear to have been elected in what was a clean sweep led by a ‘panel’ of like minded people, there appears to have been a huge
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