If anybody had predicted that Shree Cement would have been the team to have got eliminated at the end of yesterday, I would recommend they start a ‘clairvoyant’ business and rake in money predicting the future! Indeed, to quote Koushik Mukherji “What a contrasting day for twin teams Bangur Cements and Shree Cements. Shows what […]
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Priya Balasubramanian The Land of Bridge: Partnership Matters Partnership is a serious business in the Land of Bridge. Having a good partner is the difference between being a Duke or a fluke. So, you can imagine; considerable hours have been devoted to understanding what makes for a good partnership. Polygamy was rampant in the Land
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The senior Selection trials got under way earlier today. At the end of day 1, Shree Cement was on top of the leader board. The overall standings can be seen on the left. Team Navjoti was penalized for psyching an artificial strong bid which is in violation of system policy. While the leader looks far
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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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