Shantanu Rastogi's Bridge Page

issue 106 (October 30, 2000)

First Bridge Web Page From India

For your comments please e-mail to srastogi@lw1.vsnl.net.in
Page updated on:October 30, 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.

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

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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 2000 WBF Olympiad which took place at Maastrict recently.

    Dealer:East
    Vul:NS
    Lead:CQ
    NORTH
    SK Q 3
    H10 9 8 6
    DA Q 2
    CK 8 3
    WEST
    SA 10 8 7 5 2
    HA 5 4
    DK J 10
    C7
    EAST
    S4
    HK Q J 7 3
    D9 5 4 3
    CA 4 2
    SOUTH
    SJ 9 6
    H2
    D8 7 6
    CQ J 10 9 6 5

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    EastSouthWestNorth
    PassPass1 SPass
    2 HPass3 HPass
    4 HPassPassPass

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

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

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

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

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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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