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.

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:None Lead: NORTH K 4 A J K J 8 6 5 4 2 7 3 WEST J 8 3 K 10 6 5 4 7 3 9 6 5 EAST Q 10 7 6 5 2 3 2 A Q K Q 2 SOUTH A 9 Q 9 8 7 10 9 A J 10 8 4

Bidding

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

This week's deal is from Croatia vs Ireland match and features good defending by Croatian team.

Ireland was playing a contract of 4 and received a lead. Declarer won the in dummy with Ace and immediately took finesse.

This was won by Croatian defender with Ace!!!

Convinced that finesse was working declarer went into dummy with Ace and repeated finesse. When Croatian East took the trick with Queen the contract was doomed for the declarer was short of entry to take finesse.

The old ruse has worked for Croatia.

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