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V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, Yes, sometimes Bridge can be a matter of Life and Death! In a Team of Four game if, at the end of last round two teams, are tied  – with the same score, how do you decide the winner / runner up? Flipping a coin is ruled out because […]

V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, This game of bridge is for everyone. Bridge is a great leveller and it transcends beyond religion, caste, creed and gender. You may be a believer or non – believer. But believe me, you need to have trust and belief to be successful on the table! So who plays

V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, The game of bridge is for gentlemen; a term which includes gentle women. It sure is a game with civility , camaraderie, niceties and curtsies. But is there room for violence? It is perfectly lawful to murder a hand (deal), but not your partner or an opponent, unfortunately😢 You

V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, You need to have faith, both in religion and bridge. After all, we have all agreed that the game is like religion. Notwithstanding the system, gadgets and partnership understanding, you need to have confidence. Any hesitation while bidding or playing can be a tell-tale giveaway. The moment you hesitate,

V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, Prima facie, there is nothing in common between Politics and Bridge per se. But take another look For example, you have the vocabulary, maybe. There exist “Major(ity)”, ” Minor(ity)”, Splits, percentage plays, cashing of tricks or votes, deceptive moves and leads, transfer of “Suit” cases et al. Unity in

V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, Recently, I came to know that it was Mahatma Gandhi who said ‘Bridge is a religion’. The full quote is : “Bridge is like a religion. You should strive to do your best with the cards Karma gave you”. How true! Comparing the game to religion, any religion for that

V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, Of late some familiar names are either missing or getting divorced or deserting their hither-to alma mater teams to find new pastures. We have witnessed this phenomenon in the top rungs of Indian bridge where at least three of the top teams have literally been recast. I wonder, is

V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, As there is no end to learning, any subject including Bridge, one continues to learn. There are many known teachers in the community. You have Narayan Iyer and Sunil Varghese in Chennai, Ravi Raman and Arvind Vaidya in Maharashtra, Manoj and Girish in Bangalore, Parimal Vahalia in Ahmedabad and

V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, On the auspicious occasion of Guru Purnima, here are a few thoughts penned by me Bridge is a game which keeps you learning for ever. You are yet to meet a player who can say with finality that he has nothing more to learn. What is the best way

V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, All of us, irrespective of our depth of knowledge or skill level game play this game for  pleasure, not pain. To ensure this pleasure for all of us, it is necessary that, notwithstanding the sanctity of our system, personality and gender, we follow UCC on bridge table! UCC is