The results in the pre Quarter Finals for India were pretty much as expected. The seniors won handsomely whereas the Mixed Team was roundly thrashed. In other matches, there was a near miraculous recovery by the England Ladies team to overcome a 60-110 deficit against New Zealand to enter the quarter finals with a narrow, […]

With the round robin completed, the Indian Senior and Mixed teams qualified for the knock out stages as expected. Once again, as expected, the Indian Open and Ladies teams failed to qualify. We hope that the qualified teams manage to make it all the way and wish them all the best. But, before we go

Good day friends. We are terribly saddened to share with you the news that Ms. Alka Jain, one of our players in the Indian Ladies team lost her husband on the 25th of October. She had received the information that he was unwell in her morning. Nevertheless she courageously opted to play the session. At

At the end of day 4, the Indian Open team appears to have an outside chance of qualifying as do the Indian ladies. The Indian Seniors appear to be pretty comfortably placed as do the Indian Mixed teams. The Swiss seniors and the Morrocan mixed teams appear to have been disqualified for mobile usage. My

After 3 days, the Indian Seniors and Mixed teams appear to be pretty well placed to qualify for the knock outs. The Indian Ladies team is on the threshold and will have to turn in a set of seriously good performances to seal their berth. The Open team, although ranked 12th, is only within 4

The second day of the World Bridge Games was relatively disappointing. None of our teams actually improved on the previous day’s positions and we saw some serious disasters at the bridge table. In addition, our ladies and mixed teams both picked up penalties of 3 VPs each. This sort of penalty is not small and

The 16th World Bridge Games got underway Buenos Aires, Argentina on the 22nd of October. The World Bridge Games differ from the World Bridge Championships in as much as there is no ‘qualification’ for the event. Every country can send one team for each event. Another difference between this event and the World Bridge Championship

One of the greats of Indian Bridge, Manas Mukherjee, breathed his last on the evening of October 20, 2024. Prior to his death, he was in a coma for the last three odd months after suffering a stroke. For me, Manas was a demi God who I watched from afar. I had the privilege of