Shantanu Rastogi's Bridge Page

issue 101 (September 25, 2000)

First Bridge Web Page From India

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Page updated on:September 25, 2000

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  • Bridge Facilities in India
  • Cities

    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 Jamshedpur Indore

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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.

    Golcha memorial bridge tournament would take place at Jai Club, Jaipur from October 13-15, 2000.

    UP State Championship would take place at Dehradun from October 13-15, 2000.

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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 from 72nd Summer NABC which took place at Anaheim recently.

    Dealer:East
    Vul:Both
    Lead:C9
    NORTH
    SQ 9 7
    HQ 10 5
    DA J 10 6 4 3
    C9
    WEST
    SA 8 6 4
    HK 9 6 4
    DQ 7
    C8 7 4
    EAST
    SK J 2
    HJ 3 2
    D9 8
    CA K Q J 3
    SOUTH
    S10 5 3
    HA 8 7
    DK 5 2
    C10 6 5 2

    Bidding

    EastSouthWestNorth
    1 NTPass2 C2 D
    PassPass2 NTPass
    3 CPassPassPass

    This week's deal is from quarter final of Spingold between Rita Shugart and Rosw Meltzer teams and shows how an expert can be confused to a wrong line in play. The deal is reported in ACBL daily bulletin.

    "...After a mildly competitive auction Alan Sontag, by virtue of his earlier Stayman bid became declarer in 3C. Andrew Robson led the C9 and Sontag won and drew a second trump, Robson pitching a D. Sontag then led a D from dummy and Shugart rose with the king to play a third trump, Robson pitching another D. When Sontag drew the last trump, pitching the DQ from his own hand, Robson had an answer --- not an obvious one, but one which had a chance to succeed only against one of the world's great players."

    "Robson could see that Sontag would have no alternative to taking the S finesse for his ninth trick and that it was destined to win, with the queen-third sitting as it was in front of the king-jack- third. If only there was something he could do to tip the odds slightly in his favor and away from the winning line. Suddenly he found the answer. On the fourth trump Robson discarded --- the S7!"

    "Just consider the possibility this opened up for Sontag. If North started with S 1097, South's queen could now be captured by leading the SJ from dummy and letting it ride if Shugart ducked. If Shugart covered, Sontag would win with the ace, Robson's 9 (or 10) falling, and a second S to the king would bring down Robson's other intermediate, setting up Sontag's 8."

    "Sure enough, Sontag worked this out and led the SJ from dummy (he could have led the SK first and Robson would have followed with the 9). When Shugart played low Sontag let it ride and Robson won his queen. He then cashed a second D and the defense eventually came to two H tricks to add to the two D and one S they had already scored for down one, minus 100."

    Alan Sontag ,the expert, took wrong line in play where a player of lesser calibre may have persisted with the right option ie finesse even on S discard.

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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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