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

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East	South	West	North
Pass	Pass	1	Pass
2	Pass	3	Pass
4	Pass	Pass	Pass

This week's deal is from USA vs Portugal match. Larry Cohen playing for USA came up with good defence in this deal.

East was playing in the contract of 4 and received a lead of Queen of . The trick was won with Ace. East could score this contract by ruffing a in dummy giving up two and a ie six s, two and two Aces. Instead of ruffing a immediately East took the finesse.

Cohen won the trick with his Ace !! This assured declarer that finesse was working and the rest of card play was based on this information.

Cohen returned 8. Declarer won with the Ace in dummy, played Ace and ruffed a , ruffed a , on which Cohen unblocked the King, ruffed a and played two rounds of trumps. Now declarer had eight tricks and hoping for two tricks from suit declarer confidently took finesse.

"Disaster: Cohen won the Q, played a to Berkowitz's hand. Another allowed Cohen to toss his low , and his took the last trick for down two."

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