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.
Lucknow
Allahabad
Varanasi
Meerut
Dehradun
Ghaziabad
Kanpur
Moradabad
Delhi
Chandigarh
Jaipur
Mumbai
Pune
Asansol
Durgapur
Bangalore
Chennai
Ranchi
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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.
Bermuda Bowl and Venice Cup concluded in Bermuda in the third week of January 2000 with USA I (Jeff Meckstroth & Eric Rodwell, Bob Hamman & Paul Soloway, Nick Nickell & Richard Freeman) winning the Bermuda Bowl and Netherlands winning the Venice Cup (by a margin of 0.5 IMP). India had representation only in the Venice Cup where Indian ladies had qualified. The ladies didn't fare too well but that only reflects lack of match practice against top teams and mode of ladies team selection which is done through pairs. I would be reproducing some interesting deals later. ![](http://pic.geocities.com/clipart/t/d/Icnblornganmtd.gif) |
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Jagdish Agarwal Memorial Oudh Bridge Championship would take place at Oudh Gymkhana , Lucknow from February 10-13, 2000.![](http://pic.geocities.com/clipart/t/d/Icnblornganmtd.gif) | |
National Pairs at Home for Ubhayakar Trophy and Arun Swamy Trophy would take place on February 27, 2000.![](http://pic.geocities.com/clipart/t/d/Icnblornganmtd.gif) | |
WBF World Wide Simultaneous Pairs event (formerly known as EPSON) would take place on June 2 & June 3 , 2000. The scoring of this event would be done on internet.![](http://pic.geocities.com/clipart/t/d/Icnblornganmtd.gif) | |
WBF is organising Mind Sports Organization's Worldwide Simultaneous Pairs on August 22 and August 23, 2000. It would be on the lines of Fifth Friday Championship organised by Herman De Wael.
The magnitude of the championship would be higher with about 10000 tables results being compiled together.![](http://pic.geocities.com/clipart/t/d/Icnblornganmtd.gif) | |
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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 funny.
Dealer:North Vul: - Lead:- | NORTH
A
A K J 10 9 8 7 6 3 2
A
4 |
WEST
4
5
J 10 8
A K Q J 10 7 6 2 | |
EAST
K 10 5 2
Q 4
Q 9 5 3 2
9 5 |
| SOUTH
Q J 9 8 7 6 3
-
K 7 6 4
8 3 |
|
Bidding
North | East | South | West |
2 ![C](c.gif) | Pass | 2 ![D](d.gif) | 5 ![C](c.gif) |
6 ![H](h.gif) | Pass | 6 ![S](s.gif) | Pass |
Pass | Pass | | |
Zia Mahmood has reported this deal in his book Bridge My Way. I'm writing about Zia's deal here as it gives excellent prologue to this week's deal of week.
Zia Mahmood has wrtten this deal while writing about Jack Dreyfus, founder of Dreyfus Mutual Fund. Writes Zia "....(Dreyfus) Successful in everything he tried:golf,tennis,even gin-rummy, he also had his share of luck. Years ago he was confident that 3-D pictures would be thing of future.He put most of his money into Polaroid shares.3-D was a disaster, but the company invented a new camera.The stock soared and Dreyfus used his 3-D glasses to count the fortunes he made.Now retired, Dreyfus has diverted his time and wealth to his charitable medical foundation.He's also famous for somehow always dealing himself ace of Spades...." And the story about the deal shown goes like this ".... his partner was the lovable, on occasion, disaster-prone 'Fox'.Dreyfus dealt and opened 2
. The Fox bid the negative two
.Dreyfus' RHO leapt to 5
. Dreyfus 'closed' the auction with a bid of 6
. Well, almost closed. He hadn't got past the Fox, who still had to show his
Q J 9 8 7 6 3. 'Six Spades!' he offered. Dreyfus gave up......."
You can't help but have a good laugh at this deal.
The strange coincidence happened this weekend when I was playing Rubber bridge. Look at the deal of this week.
Dealer:North Vul:None Lead: K | NORTH
10 2
A K Q J 9 8 6
A 10 9 4
- |
WEST
K 7 6 3
10 4 2
7 5
K 10 6 3 | |
EAST
4
7 3
K Q 8 6 3 2
Q J 7 5 |
| SOUTH
A Q J 9 8 5
5
J
A 9 6 4 2 |
|
Bidding
North | East | South | West |
4 NT | Pass | 5 ![H](h.gif) | Pass |
5 NT | Pass | 6 ![C](c.gif) | Pass |
6 ![H](h.gif) | Pass | 6 !! | Pass |
6 NT | X | XX | Pass |
Pass | Pass | | |
I'm no Jack Dreyfus. Five years back I had invested some of my earnings into shares of IDBI at Rs. 130 per share. The share now a days trades at around Rs. 40. But still.
I opened 4 NT with my cards. Don't ask me why. When playing rubber bridge I believe in doing anything. I might be missing a huge
fit but then what's the fun of rubber bridge. My partner showed me two Aces and no Kings. I settled the contract in 6
.
My partner the wily Fox , who was not able to show his
s now came in with a bid of 6
!!
I didn't give up and tried 6 NT which was doubled and redoubled. I went two down
Beauty of this deal is that 6
makes on any lead but 6
isn't. The best lead could be trump. Upon which you remove trumps and play them for six rounds discarding 4
s and a
from dummy. Now finesse
10. If this is taken contract always scores as your
losers go on
s. If
10 is ducked , then play on
s winning ace in dummy and you must have noticed East's discards -East's likely realistic pattern is 1255 or 1264 and the only chance of making the contract is where East can be end played. If East has discarded 3
s don't cash
Ace, if East has discarded two
s only realistic chance of making the contract is by cashing the
Ace. Now end play East in Diamonds after ruffing out
King and score your contract. On any other lead the contract always scores by ruffing a
in dummy.
Are you able to have a good laugh or not!!
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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 |
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