issue 106 (October 30, 2000)
First Bridge Web Page From India
For your comments please e-mail to srastogi@lw1.vsnl.net.in
Page updated on:October 30, 2000
|
Bridge Facilities in India
In this section I would be putting together all the information regarding bridge facilities in the various cities in
India.The information may be sketchy at present but would be made comprehensive in future.
![Blue Line](/pictures/icons/lines/blue_thick_line1.gif)
Tournament News
In this section I would cover tournaments happening in India and more so the tournaments
happening in Northern part of India and in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Winter Nationals would take place at Polo ground (MPC Gymkhana), Raj Mahal Road, Vadodara from 3-12 January, 2001. ![](http://pic.geocities.com/clipart/t/d/Icnblornganmtd.gif) | |
![Blue Line](/pictures/icons/lines/blue_thick_line1.gif)
Deal of the Week
In this section I would cover one good deal which appeared in the Weekly Bridge Tournaments at Lucknow or in a recent tournament with explanations.
This week's deal is from 2000 WBF Olympiad which took place at Maastrict recently.
Dealer:East Vul:NS Lead: Q | NORTH
K Q 3
10 9 8 6
A Q 2
K 8 3 |
WEST
A 10 8 7 5 2
A 5 4
K J 10
7 | |
EAST
4
K Q J 7 3
9 5 4 3
A 4 2 |
| SOUTH
J 9 6
2
8 7 6
Q J 10 9 6 5 |
|
Bidding
East | South | West | North |
Pass | Pass | 1 ![S](s.gif) | Pass |
2 ![H](h.gif) | Pass | 3 ![H](h.gif) | Pass |
4 ![H](h.gif) | Pass | Pass | Pass |
This week's deal is from USA vs Portugal match. Larry Cohen playing for USA came up with good defence in this deal.
East was playing in the contract of 4
and received a lead of Queen of
. The trick was won with Ace. East could score this contract by ruffing a
in dummy giving up two
and a
ie six
s,
two
and two Aces. Instead of ruffing a
immediately East took the
finesse.
Cohen won the trick with his Ace !! This assured declarer that
finesse was working and the rest of card play was based on this information.
Cohen returned
8. Declarer won with the Ace in dummy, played
Ace and ruffed a
, ruffed a
, on which Cohen unblocked the King, ruffed a
and played two rounds of trumps. Now declarer had eight tricks and hoping for two tricks from
suit declarer confidently took
finesse.
"Disaster: Cohen won the
Q, played a
to Berkowitz's hand. Another
allowed Cohen to toss his low
, and his
took the
last trick for down two."
![Blue Line](/pictures/icons/lines/blue_thick_line1.gif)
Bridge Links
You would like to visit these sites frequently.
ACBL Website-Federation (American)
CBF Website-Federation (Canadian)
WBF Website-Federation (World)
The Internet Bridge Archive-Archive
Floater-Online Bridge (Free)
BridgeWorld Website-Magazine > Puzzles
BridgeBase Website-Personal (Canada) > Software,Deals,Tournament Reports
Bridge Arkade-Personal (Norway) > Bidding Contest,Bridge Stories (humour),Puzzles
Anna Gudge's Website-Personal (England) > Database (Federation)
Richard Pavlicek's Page-Personal (USA) > Puzzles,Deals
History of Bridge-History
Tournaments Around the World-Personal (Denmark) > Tournament Reports
OKbridge-Online Bridge (Payment) > World Internet Bridge Championship
Demicoma Bridge Academy-Personal (India) > Puzzles
PlayBridge-Deal Generator
BridgeSpace Website-Personal (Israel) > Bidding Contest
Bridge Companion-Magazine > Puzzles
Bridge Today-Magazine > Bidding Contest,Bridge Lessons (Payment) from University
Jeff Goldsmith's Page-Personal (USA) > Software, Puzzles
Bridge Forum-Personal (USA) > Bidding Contest,Bridge Lessons (Payment)
Bridge In India-Personal (India) > Tournament Reports
Bridge Card-Convention Card Editor
GBL-Bridge Links
Jim Loy's Review-Personal (USA) > Software
BridgePlaza-Personal (Canada) > Software,Deals,Tournament Reports
Alex Wagner's Page-Personal (Canada) > Bridge Stories (humour)
BFI Website-Federation (Indian)
Fifth Friday Simultaneous Pairs Championship-Personal (Belgium) > Contest
Mind Sport Organization-Personal (England) > Contest |
![Blue Line](/pictures/icons/lines/blue_thick_line1.gif)
Previous Issues
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
![Blue Line](/pictures/icons/lines/blue_thick_line1.gif)