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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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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