V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, “Bridge is a three-legged race with two heads! ” Sometimes you wish you are an Octopus, with just one head and multi-pronged (do you call them arms or legs?). In one sense you have to be like an octopus on the Bridge table waiting for either gullible prey, or […]
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V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, As bridge players, we often ask ourselves “What is it with this game? Is it a pain or pleasure?” To that, the only answer is “Can there be pleasure without pain?” Like Emily Bronte wrote almost 200 years ago in her book, “Wuthering Heights ” , love is pain
The next couple of months mark the festive season in India along with the Senior Selection Trials coming up this weekend. While we refrained from conducting an event this weekend to give the seniors their due, we do have a host of events chalked up over the coming several weeks. One of them, the UNN
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V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, ” Silence can be Golden – in Bridge too! ” To speak or not to speak – is an enigma in this game 🙃 More often your silence is equal to a thousand words! Some players think thoughtlessly (oxymoron intended) that they have enrolled and must speak at the
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Sukrit Vijayakar The competition for the Murli Deora and Girdharilal Agrawal Trophies started in earnest yesterday with 50 pairs contesting 9 rounds of tough, competitive bridge. The European pair of Karlis Rubins and Jelena Alfajeva took the lead early in the event and easily disposed off all challengers. They ended up almost one complete match
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Priya Balasubramanian The BCBA Annual Tournament kicked off yesterday. An impressive total of 116 pairs / trios participated in yesterday’s game which was meant to draw out 50 pairs to compete for the Murli Deora and Girdharilal Agrawal Trophies. At the head of the field were Pranab Bardhan and Badal Das along with Ramesh Kumar.
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Sukrit Vijayakar Let me start off by wishing all those who celebrate the festival, a very happy Dusshera (Vijayadashmi / Bijoya), a festival that celebrates the victory of good over evil. May all good forces conquer the pandemic and its side effects and may we return to live events sooner rather than later. Tomorrow, the
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Priya Balasubramanian The Land of Bridge: Exploring the Economy We have been receiving a flurry of requests from potential immigrants on more details about the Land of Bridge. In response, in this article, we further explore the Land of Bridge focusing on their economy. For people who have been living under a chessboard- the
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Priyanka Gulati I work with business leaders in India advising and helping them think, strategize and execute on various areas. Recently I have started learning bridge and realised that the game is a great lesson on leadership. Here are a few of my learnings. Who is a good bridge player? As my coach explained
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Sukrit Vijayakar This post is primarily a thank you to all you players who gave the event such a phenomenal response especially as it was coming on the back of the biggest online event in Bridge. We had 61 teams participating in the teams event. Our host, Mr. Puneet Gangal, agreed to increase the number
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