Shantanu Rastogi's Bridge Page

issue 97 (August 28, 2000)

First Bridge Web Page From India

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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.

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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.

KN Modi memorial bridge tournament would take place at Boat House Club, Nainital from September 21-24, 2000.

Golcha memorial bridge tournament would take place at Jai Club, Jaipur from October 13-15, 2000.

UP State Championship would take place at Dehradun from October 13-15, 2000.

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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 72nd Summer NABC which took place at Anaheim recently.

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

Bidding

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

Robert Levin and Micheal Seamon were defending this deal in Grand National Team, Flight A.

The traditional defence against the type of auction shown is to lead a trump and that is what Seamon did as East.

Declarer won the trick and cashed three rounds of s pitching a from hand.Declarer now played a . Since Levin wanted Seamon to play trumps he ducked !! Seamon won the trick with his queen and played another trump. Declarer won this trick in hand and played Jack and passed it round to Levin pitching a from dummy. Levin won the trick and shifted to low !! Seamon won the trick with his queen and continued trumps. Now declarer couldn't make his contract as a loser in black suits remained.

Robert Levin defeated this contract as he underled his Ace King in black suits twice. This is not usual. Perhaps Levin was able to this as he expected something from partner after his trump lead.

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