Shantanu Rastogi's Bridge Page

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 2000 WBF Olympiad which took place at Maastrict recently.

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

Bidding

South	West	North	East
Pass	1	Pass	1
Pass	2	Pass	2 NT
Pass	3 NT	X	Pass
Pass	Pass

This week's deal is from Poland versus Tunisia match and features Cezary Balicki of Poland. Balicki was sitting North on this deal.

Tunisian West opened strong 1 . The reply from East was negative . West's 2 showed 20-21 hcp & 5 card suit and West chose to bid 3 NT over his partner's 2 NT.Balicki now doubled with North's cards.

The contract went 3 down on Queen lead. Actually contract was 2 down but declarer revoked giving an extra trick to defence.

How many would double with 4 hcp when opponents bidding does not look like an overbid ?

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