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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.

Winter Nationals would take place at Polo ground (MPC Gymkhana), Raj Mahal Road, Vadodara from 3-12 January, 2001.

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

Bidding

North	East	South	West
2 NT	Pass	3	3
Pass	Pass	4	Pass
Pass	4	X	Pass
Pass	Pass

This week's deal features Anna Malinowski of Norway from Norway's match against New Zealand in the league phase.

North opened 2NT showing both minors & 10-13 HCP. Anna passed as East. South gave preference to s by bidding 3 .West came in with 3 which got passed around to South who competed again with 4 .This got passed around to Anna who made a brave bid.

"Anna made a quick summary: South obviously has four s, which gives partner none. South often tends to have a semi-fit in opener's second suit, so she pictured partner's hand to be at least 6-3 in the majors, probably 6-4. And a good hand, since South might have made an invitational bid."

With these thoughts Anna came in with 4 !! which was doubled by South completing the auction.

Play was simple. Ace was led and ruffed by Anna in dummy.Ace of and another went to North's King who returned a . Anna won the South's Queen with Ace and ruffed a setting up the suit.She went to the dummy with Ace and pitched her on a good . This was ruffed by South who took another trick with her trump. Anna made her contract yielding +590 and 9 IMPs.

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