Ladies and Gentlemen, “Partner Jodo Yatra is a challenge!” In the top echelons of Bridge, partnership is either already established, or easy to jodo. In the lower echelons, it does not matter! As usual, the problem is in the middle! Proof? Take any tournament in the BBO and look at the partnership desk! It is […]
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As 2022 draws to a close, BridgeFromHome was pleased to draw down the curtain on a year which has seen a transition from next to no F2F tournaments to an overdose of them. This article is being written just as our Welcome 2023 event came to an end. It would be remiss on our part
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V N Ramamoorthy Every year, year after year, we do get a new year. And there are many who make resolutions for the New Year! Bridge players are not an exception. The only difference may be,for bridge fraternity, the Old resolutions can stand good for every New year, year after year. Funny, you may think,
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V N Ramamoorthy “Jingle bells and tricks all the way!” It is Xmas season. Time for festivities, camaraderie, friendship, flowers, gifts, presents and the inevitable cake. A bridge tourney is also like a Xmas carnival. You can witness pleasantries, bursts of laughter, merriment, old jokes cracked and enjoyed even at the risk of repetition 😂
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Priyanka Gulati When any sport is at its best, the spirit of the fan merges with the spirit of the player and the convergence in that transference is the oneness the mystics talk about. One such moment recently in Indian Bridge was Zia playing the HCL tournament for Team Mavericks. This definitely created history, but
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Manyawar lift KBA-CSL Title Manyawar (Anil Padhye – Milind Athavale – Raju Tolani – Ajay Khare – Pramod Joshi – CP Deshpande) emerged champions of the KBA – Cochin Shipyard Limited State Championship in style. They racked up a total of more than 73 VPs in 5 rounds (an average of over 14) to
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At the outset, the Kairali Bridge Association (KBA) and BridgeFromHome team would like to thank all of you for your phenomenal response to the event. A participation of 30 teams and 55 pairs for any event, especially one competing with a plethora of live events, to say nothing of the wedding season, can only be
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V N Ramamoorthy The title of today’s blog is a play on the title of a famous movie. I ventured into this game in 1972. So it is the Golden Jubilee of my having entered the world of 52 cards. Is it a matter for celebration or despondence? It depends on how you (and you
The title of this blog is drawn from the ‘Good-Bad’ no trump rather than any encomiums or criticisms of the event. Any event of this scale is bound to have some shortcomings which cannot detract from the massive efforts of the organizers in making the event run smoothly and without any major glitches of any
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Priyanka Gulati The jungle, where each day is about survival. The jungle, where the gazelle has to not only run faster than the cheetah to stay alive, it also has to run faster than the rest of the gazelles if it wants to survive.The battle of endurance continues day and night. Can I be like
