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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.

HINDALCO bridge tournament would take place at Renukoot from July 21-23, 2000.

WBF is organising Mind Sports Organization's Worldwide Simultaneous Pairs on August 22 and August 23, 2000. It would be on the lines of Fifth Friday Championship organised by Herman De Wael. The magnitude of the championship would be higher with about 10000 tables results being compiled together.

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 European Youth Bridge Team Championship of 1990.

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

Bidding

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

Geir Helgemo is one of the top players in the world. This week's deal shows why.

He is known to make right choices when the situation is there of a guess. In 1990 his team won the European Youth Championship. This week's deal is from that championship.

The bidding was routine with North's 2 being fourth suit forcing.Geir sitting south received a lead of 3 of s.

He won the trick with King and immediately played Jack!!

WQhen this held the trick he played a to King and continued with 10 which was covered by East. Geir allowed East to hold that trick who now shifted to s. East's Jack took the trick and Geir won the continuation with dummy's Ace and cashed Ace. Now Geir took the marked finesse in and cashed Ace. By now West was down to Q , A K & Q 8 of s and did not have a effective discard on Ace.

Geir end played West with who had to concede tricks in the end to Geir's K 9.

Very well played. Geir made right choice when he tackled the suit. This won him best played deal award in 1990.

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