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 […]
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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
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Swiss Teams Team Jiya (Anirban Sarkar – Baskar ganguly – Bhaskar Sarcar – Kachchu – Partha Banerjee – Sujan Choudhury) had a phenomenal last round in the super league, virtually blanking out Rampage to win the KK Memorial Tournament. They literally snatched the cup from the lips of Mavericks (Subodh Maskara, Anal Shah, Debabrata Majumder, Keyzad
Swiss League Team Jiya (Anirban Sarkar – Baskar ganguly – Bhaskar Sarcar – Kachchu – Partha Banerjee – Sujan Choudhury) stormed to the top of the Swiss League table with a strong performance throughout. In 8 rounds, in which they totaled 112.14 VPs, their lowest score was 9.16. An extremely consistent performance. In second place,
The K Krishnakumar Memorial Tournament got under way yesterday with 40 teams participating in the Swiss League. The overwhelming participation has made us increase the number of qualifiers from 6 to 8 as also the number of qualifying rounds. We thank all of you for your enthusiastic response. We would also like to thank Mr.
My association with KK dates back to the mid-eighties, when I met him in Delhi for the first time and saw him play in DBA. He stood out as a thorough gentleman and a very polished individual. I did not play as his partner in Delhi; rather, my first encounter with him as partner came
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KK was an extremely polished person and an excellent bridge player. When I called him to be part of NEST INN, he agreed immediately and was part of the team till he passed away. With him, we have won innumerable tournaments including the Summer Nationals, which we won twice. He loved bridge and was happy
V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen “Never Lie To Yourself in Bridge!” There is no denying the fact that every player desires to improve his skills. A beginner wants to graduate to intermediate / advanced and so on. Even the experts and stars aspire to become Internationals or world class 😌 There are methods and
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I knew K.K.for more than 20 years. He was 2 years senior to me in age. We quickly developed a bond due to our passion for finding the innate beauty of bridge hands. We played as partners in many state and zonal level tournaments with significant success. We also represented Tamil Nadu in the Interstate
When we bridge players talk about the legends of Indian Bridge, I would definitely say that Krishnakumar, fondly known as KK, is one amongst them. The first time I saw KK was when he was playing the Ahmedabad Nationals in Badri’s team (Well Knit). KK had a typical mannerism of shaking his head a lot
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