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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.

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 ONGC Officer's Club, Dehradun from October 12-15, 2000.

A prize money bridge tournament would take place at Delhi Gymkhana, Delhi from October 20-22, 2000.

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:West Vul:- Lead:Q NORTH A Q J 10 6 7 3 10 7 2 J 8 3 WEST K 9 8 4 Q 8 K Q 9 3 A 9 5 EAST 7 5 K J 9 6 4 5 4 K Q 10 6 SOUTH 3 2 A 10 5 2 A J 8 6 7 4 2

Bidding

West	North	East	South
1	2	X	Pass
2 NT	Pass	Pass	Pass

This week's deal is from Wagar Women's Knockout Teams quarter finals where Karen McCallum and Kerri Sanborn executed declarer's squeeze.

McCallum was South and was defending a contract of 2 NT by West.

Sanborn led Q which was ducked by the declarer which prompted Sanborn to shift to . Declarer took the trick with 9 and played queen. This was ducked by McCallum who ducked Jack as well. Declarer now played a to King and next ran s pitching a on last . Declarer now played a towards her queen and McCallum was ready. She won the trick with Ace and immediately cashed Ace. This squeezed the declarer who had a and three s left. If declarer discrded a Sanborn's s would have become good and if declarer discarded a McCallum's Jack would have become good.

Declarer went one down due to squeeze.

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