V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, “A dollar for your first thought, a penny for the second” ! Quite often a bridge player is at cross-roads, not knowing which way to turn to. If you are on top of a bridge (a fly over?), you have a bird’s eye view, so to speak. All the […]
A Dollar for your Thoughts Read More »
V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, Bridge is a social sport crowded by partners, team mates and kibitzers. Yet it can be ” Claustrophobic “, at times 😭 You have to concede that this game is not individualistic. Unless of course you are playing in an ‘individual’ event. Even then, you cannot play alone 😔.
Alone in a Madding Crowd! Read More »
V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, Reading the cards and their probable distribution is an asset to a bridge player. Some players have it in their blood; many others develop the skill over a period by their experience – good and bad! 😢 Whenever one holds a doubleton QJ, you will notice that the general
Singletons : no guarantee for solitude! Read More »
V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, Imagine if there were a bridge equivalent to IPL of cricket. After the advent of the IPL format of T20, the traditional, text-book styles of batting, bowling, fielding, – why, even umpiring have gone through a sea- change 🙃 You don’t score runs any more – you just steal.
Kleptomania in Bridge Read More »
V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, The Table of statistical “Tricknometry” can be tricky! Bridge is a simple game with minimal need for maths, so you think. The common belief is that to “Pass” the test in bridge, one just needs to know to count from 1 to 13. Yes, basically one must be able
V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen It takes every kind of person to make the quixotic bridge world. No lack of variety – casual, serious, tournament, social, rubber and friendly – take your pick. But the nuance of winning at bridge table is when you are able to be casually serious or vice versa. Confusing?
Being Seriously Casual Read More »
V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen I know I’m inviting the wrath of many a bridge stalwart who smoke. Let me confide that I am the least eligible to advise anyone on the ills of smoking or otherwise 🙃 There was a time – a window of 20 years or so – when I used
Smoking is injurious to Bridge Read More »
The 5th “PCU International University Bridge Trophy” is a free bridge event for universities and university colleges worldwide. The main objective is to offer students a platform where bridge is considered as a valuable instrument to develop international interaction and experience, with emphasis on Fair Play and Universal Friendship. The event was conducted online on
Kalpana Gurjar and Prajjwal Mitresh shine at PCU International Pairs Event Read More »
The Bhartia Memorial 2023 tournament came to a successful conclusion yesterday and, I am sure, everybody who came there enjoyed themselves thoroughly. I am sharing a few observations on the event that are over and above the results which are by now known to everybody. Some of the photographs (and any videos) are thanks to
Reflections on Bhartia Memorial Read More »
V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen “The greedy pursuit on the baize”! Simplistically put, the effort of any player is just to earn tricks. By hook or by crook – does not matter! The declarer is supposed to be on the offensive, but this is not always necessarily true. In abnormal circumstances, one has to
When to win Tricks Read More »
