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Maharashtra Bridge Association Newsletter
Volume 6, April 2015
Website : www.maharashtrabridgeassociation.com
President: Mr. J. K. Bhosale
Editor: Dr. Subir Roy
Hon. Secretary: Mr. Mohan Ukidave
PUNE - MAXIMUM CITY
THE NEW BRIDGE CAPITAL OF MAHARASHTRA
Looking at the Bridge Calendar 2015 it is fairly obvious that Pune has become the bridge capital of
Maharashtra and has been so for the past few years. The baton has been passed. And what a fine job
they have done thus far! And will continue in the same vein thanks to the sterling efforts of the neversay- die indefatigable Suhas Vaidya, who inspite of cancer, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, etc. has
continued to superbly organize bridge in Pune. An example of his organizational skill- He froze details
of travel, hospitality, fees, etc. down to room service, soft beverages and laundry, with me, for
editing the Daily Bulletin for the Winter Nationals in Pune. This was in March. The Nationals are in
December !
SELECTIONS
While the Senior Selection Trials breezed through in picking the seniors team for the World
Championships in Chennai in September, the Open Teams will have to go through the whole drill again,
thanks to the decision taken by the judiciary on residency issues of one of the players of the then
selected Open Team. Hopefully all issues have been resolved and we can get on with it. A little bird
told me that one of the pairs of the Ladies Team were having issues and the Ladies Team may not be
exactly the same one seen in the team photograph inside. We wait for official status on it.
THE LOSS OF COLOUR- ADIEU JIMMY & GADGIL
This year Maharashtra bridge lost two if its most colorful characters, the legendary Jimmy Mehta and
the stand out Dushyant Gadgil; both lovable characters. Since Jimmy and Sharad were like horse and
carriage, India's longest standing partnership, we also carry a tribute to Sharad Mhatre who passed
away over a year ago.
In December Ravi Raman and self had decided to start a series of interviews with the legends - Past and
Present. We zeroed in on Jimmy Mehta and Anil Padhye (since both had a special fondness for each
other for decades). Only Anil could answer the questions Jimsoo passed away in January 2015.
BAALBODH
The daal-roti of competitive bridge lies in the humble part score and its brothers the under and
overtrick. Of course 1400s and slam swings make for high drama and recall. In the finals of the recently
held All India Bhartia Tournament, it was the part scores and over/under tricks that held centre stage
over the last 5 boards. Watching this pulsating match on BBO gave one the thrills of a last ball finish.
Check out the coverage inside.
Volume 6 (Apr.-Jun. 2015)
Maharashtra Bridge Association Newsletter
Page 1 of 16
FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK
J K BHOSALE, President, MBA
Dear friends,
We, at the MBA, have a hectic schedule in the coming months. The State Championships, the
Samadhan tournament, the MBA All India Monsoon League, Justice Lal Tournament and finally the
Winter Nationals, with many state level tournaments thrown in.
The BFI President, Mr Kirubhakaran Moorthy, visited Pune and approved the venue and
arrangements for the Winter Nationals. Mr. Suhas Vaidya and his team have selected a central
venue - Harshal Halls, Karve Road, Next to Kasat Petrol Pump, Pune; for the convenience of average
bridge players. Both KNR and myself agreed that one of the criteria for a successful national event
is more than adequate & clean toilets, India’s nemesis. The Pune team is compliant, and confident
that we would match the expectations under “Swachh Bharat”.
Our plan to spread bridge to the district level still remains on paper. We would like to have some
volunteers who can give time. Reasonable expenses would be borne by the MBA for this effort. If
there are BBO contacts at the district places, let us share the information.
Wishing you all a pleasant summer and Happy Bridging.
J.K.Bhosale.
All The President’s Men - MBA MANAGING COMMITTEE 2013 - 2015
DESIGNATION
NAME
MOBILE
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PLACE
President
J. K. Bhosale
9850958952
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PUNE
Vice President
Ravi Raman
9820085046
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MUMBAI
Vice President
Suhas Vaidya
9423138157
suhasvaidya10@gmail.com
PUNE
Hon. Secretary
Mohan Ukidave
9422255971
dhukidave@gmail.com
NASHIK
Hon. Treasurer
Dilip Karmarkar
9823434313
dilip.karmarkar@yahoo.com
PUNE
Committee Member
Arvind Vaidya
9322305064
arvindv22@hotmail.com
MUMBAI
Committee Member
Aniruddh Sanzgiri
9819267457
tdbasec@yahoo.com
THANE
Committee Member
Hemant Pande
9822498456
hemantspande@yahoo.co.in
NASHIK
Committee Member
P. Khadloya
9209192124
ranga.khadloya@gmail.com
SHOLAPUR
Committee Member
Mohan Hulsurkar
9423395304
mohanhulsurkar@gmail.com
AURANGABAD
Committee Member
Makarand Kelkar
9822098146
kelkar_makarand@yahoo.co.in
PUNE
Committee Member
Abhay Lele
Committee Member
Kumar Bhide
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RATNAGIRI
9822085382
kumarbhide@gmail.com
Maharashtra Bridge Association Newsletter
SANGLI
Page 2 of 16
TALK THE TALK
ANIL PADHYE TALKS TO RAVI RAMAN
You are rated as one of India’s top bridge player. Can
we call you the “Viswanathan Anand” of Indian
Bridge. Please react.
gone into a selection mode again. Do you think that
the short time frame left after selection will impact
India’s performance at Bermuda Bowl?
There is no way anyone can be compared with
legendary personalities like Vishwanath Anand,
Sachin Tendulkar etc. They have been towering Icons
and I hope our country will produce such World class
Bridge champions in the near future.
There may be valid reasons for the delay in selection
of Open Team. This however leaves a short time for a
selected team for preparations for such an important
event.
Ordinary players need systems, carding and signals to
win tournaments. Touch artistes just need to know
the rules of the game and they always win. You are
regarded as a touch artiste by the bridge community.
Please comment.
You can't play Bridge unless one uses systems, carding
methods, and other ammunition in the armory. Its
important that one commits less mistakes. Bridge is a
game which sharpens your ability for avoidance of
errors. The timing is important too, as to when to use
the gadgets & when not to, injudicious use can be
disastrous.
How did you learn and develop your game.
My maternal grandparents were keen bridge players.
They taught me the basics and helped me to
overcome my difidence as a novice. Thats how I
started and then it was Dr. Shashi Limaye, Nandu Oke
and the Vile Parle group who pushed all of us, getting
us hooked to Duplicate bridge.
There is a saying that Bridge is a partnership game.
However, you win with whoever is your partner and it
seems that it is not a partnership game in your case.
How do you make this happen?
I consider myself most fortunate to have got most
accommodating partners and that resulted in
winning positions.
Apart from playing the game, you are also the
supplier of bidding boxes, bridge boards? How about
expanding to become the Bridge Baron (supplier of all
bridge articles in USA) – including bridge gifts, bridge
table cloths et all.
Yes, we do supply bridge products and accessories
such as Bridge Boards, Bidding Boxes, some
stationary articles etc. but don't think I can match
the variety that is offered by Baron Barkley.
Our open team selection for Bermuda Bowl has now
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As India is hosting the Bermuda Bowl, please let us
know how to leverage the event to increase
awareness and interest in the general public.
A world event like the World Bridge Championships is
akin to hosting the Olympic Games and will be a
feather in the cap of Indian Bridge. We should strive
to gain maximum exposure through multi media
since the world will be following it. We will need to
work on generating ample publicity through media.
Im sure the BFI will address this more than
adequately. This will go a long way in improving the
visibility of the game.
How do you see the future of Indian Bridge? Will it
survive the test of time or die out in the years to
come?
The answer is Youth! They are the future.We should
endeavor not to allow the Bermuda Bowl momentum
to die down. Subsequently, a sustained training
activity to popularize and involve the young
generation into the game is most essential.With
access to technology on the infotech highway and the
success and enthusiasm of ĺndians in IT, the youth
should hopefully pick up the gauntlet of Indian Bridge
and make it blossom. But we, who have been around
for a while have to make and take the initial efforts.
You are closely associated with Lokmanya Seva
Sangh, Vile Parle, in Mumbai. How do you think we
can leverage their facilities and services to develop
this game?
LSS has done immense service to bridge and the
fraternity by conducting regular tournaments in last
30 years. They now intend to take a major initiative
in Bridge Education activities. They would be
planning different strategies for school & college
bridge education; as well as for all age groups. The
first and foremost requirement would be to create a
pool of good dedicated teachers. I would like to
appeal to all the serious bridge players to come
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ANIL PADHYE ...
Continued
forward and extend their help in this regard. I am
confident that with the active support of LSS we will
achieve our objective.
What does Anil Padhye do when he does not play
Bridge?
I'm still finding the answer to that! But seriously,
working long hours for the daily bread and
occassionally unwinding with friends over something
cold. And of course, what all bridge lovers do in their
free time.... Thinking more bridge.
(While fine tuning Anil's Talk (typos et all) I asked him
for a hand. And he "lent me a hand" which he kind of
liked. It was the Masters Pairs in Matunga. - Ed)
-AKJ654
-AX
-10XXX
-X
-109732
-XXX
-JXX
-XX
- ----KQJXX
-QXX
-QJXXX
-Q8
-XXX
-AKX
-AKXXX
DATES
TOURNAMENT NAME
LOCATION
ASSO.
APR. 17-19 9th JUSTICE J M LAL MEMORIAL
PYC, PUNE
BFI
MAY 01-03 35th MAHARASHTRA STATE C’HIPS
NASHIK
MBA
MAY 23-24 PRBA STATE LEVEL EVENT
PYC
MBA
JUN. 06-07 STATE LEVEL IMP PAIRS
RATNAGIRI
MBA
JUN. 17-21 5th TOLANI SUMMER NATIONALS
BENGALURU
BFI
JUL. 04-05 MBA MONSOON LEAGUE FINALS
PYC, PUNE
BFI
JUL. 09-12 JIM CORBETT PARK PRIZE MONEY
U. P. B. A.
BFI
JUL. 11-12 LOKAMANYA SEVA SANGH
VILE PARLE
MBA
JUL. 11-13 JHIC NATIONAL EVENT
HYDERABAD
BFI
JUL. 16-19 GOA BRIDGE FESTIVAL
GOA
BFI
JUL. 30
POONA CLUB ANNUAL PAIRS
POONA CLUB MBA
JUL. 31
POONA CLUB ANNUAL MIXED PAIRS POONA CLUB MBA
AUG. 01-02 POONA CLUB STATE ANNUAL
PRBA
MBA
AUG. 20-23 HCL PRIZE MONEY EVENT
COUNTRY INN BFI
SEP. 03-06 INTER STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
NAGPUR
BFI
SEP. 10-13 MODI TROPHY, NAINITAL
UPA
BFI
NOV. 16-22 57th WINTER NATIONALS, PUNE
PUNE
BFI
DEC. 04-06 NANDU OKE MEM. SWISS PAIRS
VILE PARLE
BFI
DEC. 18-21 NATIONAL MASTERS
HYDERABAD
BFI
RESULTS - MAHARASTRA
Contract: Six Spades
LOKAMANYA SEVA SANGH, VILE PARLE
Lead: Heart x
(East had doubled North's Transfer bid of 2H over
south, Anil's 1NT opening.)
Trumps broke 5-0 and the clubs 5-2.
Anil steered this hand home by simply not touching
trumps! In a flash (like Paul Chemla he analyses and
executes lightning quick) Anil won the Heart Ace,
played the Club Ace King ditching dummy's Heart and
ruffed the Club on table, in case they broke 4-3. No
such luck. LHO discarded. In case West decides to ruff
high, Anil would overruff and develop the trumph
smother subsequently. He entered the hand which
diamond Ace and ruffed a heart. Back to hand with
diamond king and ruffed a club again.
With 5 cards remaining, the Spade AKJ and Diamond
10x on the table, Anil exited with a diamond. Having
only trumps, west had to ruff and back a trump per
force. Winning on the table, Anil simply ruffed the
last diamond with the spade queen. And with only the
trump AK remaining, he could safely claim (smily) all
in a day’s work.
Volume 6 (Apr.-Jun. 2015)
MBA-BFI BRIDGE CALENDAR
APRIL 2015 ONWARDS
3rd & 4th January 2015, 18 Teams
WINNER : MANYAWAR : ANIL PADHYE, ANAND
MEHTA, N RAJMOHAN, ARUN BAPAT, PANKAJ
DOSHI
2nd A B A : R A Agarwal, A Sarkar, Ajay Khare, R
Tolani, Anbu,
3RD TOP RUFF : N Srinivasan, Inderjit Singh, Avi
Madhekar, M S Ramaswamy
4TH MBPT : P A Bhosale, R W Khare, S B Vichare, N B
Shinde, A G Golatkar, S. Shankarnaryanan
THANE STATE LEVEL
th
28 Feb. & 1st March 2015, 25 Teams
WINNER : MANYAWAR : RAJU TOLANI, AJAY KHARE,
ANIL PADHYE, N. RAJMOHAN, PANKAJ DOSHI
2nd Dr. Vahlia : K V Vahlia, Jenish Shah, Bhasker
Pendse, Umesh Athavale, Fali Tamboli
3rd Happy Six : Seetaramaiah, B K Joshi, B N Shelar,
V R Berde
4TH SHRI GAJANAND : Dr Hajirnis, Dr Dave, B G
Daxindas, Amol Deshmukh Parvate, Ravi Chandran
Maharashtra Bridge Association Newsletter
Page 4 of 16
LADIES SELECTION TRIALS FOR VENICE CUP 2015
Venice Cup Team: (From L-R) Firoza Chothia, Hema Deora, Marianne Karmakar,
Mr NR Kirubakaramoorthy, President BFI, Mr Kawaljit Singh, (non playing captain), Lina Mayadas,
Aparna Sain and Rita Choksi and Ms Reena Chhibber (Chief Guest)
The 2-day Trials for selecting the top 3 ladies pairs, which will constitute the Indian Ladies Team for representing
India at Venice Cup 2015 at Chennai, were held at Delhi Gymkhana Club on 11th & 12thFebruary 2015.
3 pairs from the Mumbai preliminary selection trials and 9 from the Delhi preliminary trials were eligible to
participate in this 2-day event. As 1 pair did not participate, there were only 11 participating pairs.
As per the tournament format, the pairs were to play an all-play-all 11 rounds (with 1 bye round) of 5-board matches
on day-1 after which the bottom 3 pairs would get eliminated for day-2 matches. The remaining 8 pairs would again
play “all-play-all” 7 rounds of 8-board matches, with the day-1 scores to be carried forward completely.
The bottom 3 pairs were eliminated for day-2 proceedings. The remaining 8 pairs played all-play-all 7-rounds of 8board matches on day-2.
The final rankings are:
1. HEMA DEORA - MARIANNE KARMARKAR (selected), 2. RITA CHOKSI - LINA MAYADAS (selected), 3. APARNA SAIN FIROZA CHOTHIA (selected), 4. Monica Jajoo - Puja Batra, 5. Bharati Dey - LakshmiChari, 6. Asha Sharma - Devi
Bhatnagar, 7. Sherian Ryan - Sathyawathi Vasant
INDIAN SENIORS TEAM FOR WORLD BRIDGE C’SHIPS 2015
L TO R : BADAL DAS, ALOK SADHU, R. KRISHNAN, SUNIL MACHAR,
ASHOK GOEL & R. VENKATRAMAN
Indian Senior Team Selection Trial 2015 ( Final)
TEAM NAMES
DHAMPUR SUGAR MILLS
EN PASSANT
DSM
En Passant
C/O
RD 1
RD 2
RD 3
TOTAL
5
61
32
32
130
35
31
44
110
Ashok Goel, KR Venkatraman, R Krishnan, Sunil Machhar, Badal Das, Alok Sadhu
S K Bandyopadhyay, S Roy, C S Majumder, Dipak Santra, Rana Jolly, Rakesh Goel
Volume 6 (Apr.-Jun. 2015)
Maharashtra Bridge Association Newsletter
Page 5 of 16
TRANS NATIONAL TEAMS 2015
REVISED OPEN TEAM
SELECTION TRIALS 2015
Message from BFI President
N.R.Kirubakaramoorthy
The following 8 teams will participate in the revised
selection trials for the Bermuda Bowl 2015. The trials will
begin on April 28th, 2015 and will be held at the Bengal
Rowing Club, Kolkata.
1. Formidables : Kiran Nadar, B Prabhakar, Rajeswar
Tewari, Sunit Choksi, Keyzad Anklesaria, B.
Satyanarayana
2. Bangur Cement : Debasish Ray, NR Kirubakara
Moorthy, S.K.Iyenger, Sukamal Das, C. Majumder,
Manas Mukherjee
3. Indian Railway : Subir Majumder, Rana Roy,
Amarnath Banerjee, Sumit Mukherjee, Debabrata
Majumder, Sandip Dutta
4. Hemant Jalan : Hemant Jalan, Ashish Malhotra,
Sandeep Thakral, Kaustav. Bendre, Kaustav. Nandi,
Samir Basak
5. Shree Cement : Pritish Kushari, Ravi Goenka, Vinay
Desai, B. Saha, Arun Bapat, A Bagaria
6. CV Rao: CV Rao, Pranab Bardhan, Partha Sarathi
Mukherjee, Shibnath De Sarkar, Avijit Chakrabarty,
Satyabrata Mukherjee
7. Daya Dhaon : Daya Dhaon, Dipak Santra,
Snehasish Roy, Pinaki Prasad Khan, Kajal Das,
Aniruddha Bhattacharya
8. Arun Jain : Raju Tolani, Ajay Khare, S Sundarram, P
Sridharan, Swarnendu Banerjee, JM Shah, Arun
Jain (npc)
FORMAT
Formidables have qualified for a direct entry to the semifinal whereas Bangur Cement and Indian Railways have
qualified for a direct entry to the quarter-final. The
remaining 5 teams will play a Double Round Robin of 10
board matches to select the other 2 quarter-finalists.
Bangur Cement will play against the runner-up of the
League while Indian Railways will play against the winner
of the league in the 2 x 14 Boards Quarter-final (2nd day
afternoon). The two losing quarter-finalists will play 2 x 14
Board matches on the morning of the 3rd day to decide
the fourth Semi-finalist who will play against Formidables
in the 4 x 14 Boards Semi-Final. The two winners of the
Quarter-final will play against each other in the other
Semi-Final (3rd day afternoon and 4th day morning).
The Final will be played over 6 sessions of 14 boards
each on the 4th and 5th day.
SCHEDULE
28th & 29th April
10 Rounds of Double Round Robin, Top two teams to
Qualify for Quarter-Final / 10 Boards Each
29th April
2 Rounds of Quarter Final, Two winners advance to
Semi-Final / 14 Boards Each
30th April
2 Rounds of Quarter Final for 2 Losing Teams, Winner
advances to Semi-Final / 14 Boards Each
30th April & 1st May
4 Rounds of Semi Final / 14 Boards Each
1st & 2nd May
6 Rounds of Final / 14 Boards Each
Dear Friends,
As more Indian players are keen to participate in the
Transnational team event (open) if the entry fee is
reduced, I have requested that the WBF committee
reduce the entry fee to Rs. 60,000 instead of $1,500
per team.
I have promised the WBF that there will be at least 50
Indian teams if the entry fee is reduced. I am very
happy to inform you that the WBF team headed by the
president, Gianarrigo Rona has consented to our
proposal with an intention to allow Indian participants
to enjoy international competition. My heartfelt
gratitude is extended to our president and his team. To
avail this facility the team should comprise of only
Indian players (Indian passport holders).
The entry along with the entry fees (Rs. 60,000) should
be registered with Sri Debasish Ray, Joint Secretary,
BFI, before June 30th 2015 to avail the special rate.
His contact information is
Email: debasish2806@yahoo.com
Cell phone number: +919331013712
Cheques or Demand Drafts are to be made in favour of
‘Bridge Federation of India’
The total entry fee will be paid to the WBF.
Teams who register themselves on or after July 1, will
have to pay the full entry fee of $1,500 at the venue
registration desk. The negotiated rate of the official
totals for accommodation purposes will be displayed
on the website soon.
Participants are requested to make their own bookings
availing the special offer. The Transnational event will
be starting on October 4th and will last till the 10th of
the same month. The detailed schedule will be
published on the website soon.
Sincerely yours,
N.R.Kirubakaramoorthy
BFI President
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Maharashtra Bridge Association Newsletter
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BHARTIA GRAND PRIX FINALS EDGE OF THE SEAT BATTLE OF PART SCORES
In the Battle of Giants it was the humble foot soldier of
Part Scores that stole the show and was responsible for
victory. In the pulsating finals of the recently held
Bhartia Grand Prix between Dhampur Sugar Mills, the
defending champions and Arun Jain comprising the
Maharashtra trio of Jaggy, Raju Tolani and Ajay Khare;
the humdinger produced an unlikely winner- The
BALBODH!- the humble Part Score and its assistant,
the Over and Under Tricks
RARA AVIS
Your side opens the bidding, partner has some values
and opponents buy the contract. How often does that
happen? Often enough I guess. But how often does the
same thing happen on the same board on both the
tables? Your side opens proceedings in both rooms and
you end up defending. Worse still, its a make on both
tables.
Arun Jain did this to Dhampur Sugar in the Bhartia
Grand Prix Finals. Trailing by 6 Imps they bought and
made the partial on both tables to tie the match at 82
Imps each with 4 boards left.
Board 44
Dealer : W
Vul : NS
EAST
Anil Padhye
1C.
Pass.
SOUTH
Jaggy. S
Pass
2S
-A
-QJ643
-K952
-A95
-KQ72
-982
-876
-Kq2
-854
-AK5
-AQT43
-J4
-JT963
-T7
-J
-T8763
OPEN ROOM - N/S ARUN JAIN
NORTH
Swarnendu
1H.
EAST
Anil Padhye
All Pass
SOUTH
Jaggy. S
EAST
Raju Tolani
Dbl.
3C.
NORTH
Bhabesh S.
1H.
2D.
EAST
Raju Tolani
Pass.
Pass.
SOUTH
Sumit M.
1S!!!
2H
With 24HCP between them, the Dhampur pair of
Kushari & Anil defended a One Heart! contract for
+200, which seemed good. Alas! Their teammates in
the Closed Room negated it when their South mucked
into the auction with 2 HCP and only a doubleton in his
partners suit. Oh! The Modernists! With 6 runs to get in
the last over, and wickets in hand, do you need to
attempt a suicidal run?
-300 away! Sumit's misadventure cost Dhampur 3
precious Imps and the vital lead.
CLOSE ROOM - N/S DHAMPUR SUGAR MILLS
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Board 45
Dealer : N
Vul : All
Pass.
All Pass
OPEN ROOM - N/S ARUN JAIN
NORTH
Bhabesh S.
1D.
2S.
DO WE NEED ANOTHER HERO?
WEST
P. Khare
-JT62
-J86
-AK98
-J2
WEST
P. Khare
Pass.
2C.
It was nicely set up!
CLOSE ROOM - N/S DHAMPUR SUGAR MILLS
-A87
-Q94
-62
-AQ843
NORTH
Swarnendu
Pass.
Dbl !.
Scores: 82 -82
WEST
P. Kushari
-Q954
-AK53
-Q74
-75
-K3
-T72
-JT53
-KT96
WEST
P. Kushari
Pass.
1NT.
All Pass
+140 to Jaggy &Co in the Open Room and +110 to his
teammates Raju &Ajay in the Closed. +6 Imps.
SOUTH
Sumit M.
1S
All Pass
Arun Jain had their nose in front. Only just!
Scores: Arun Jain 85 - Dhampur 82 Imps
3 Boards to go!
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OUT BID- ARUN JAIN SEAL ALL EXITS
THE LAST BITE - AN OPPORTUNITY LOST
Board46:
BORAD47:
Dealer : E
Vul : None
Dealer : S
Vul : NS
-QJT
-AK984
-J2
-653
-AK765
-76
-6543
-AQ
-62
-Q93
-J3
-AKT974
-942
-Q3
-QT7
-KJ942
OPEN ROOM - N/S ARUN JAIN
OPEN ROOM - N/S ARUN JAIN
NORTH
Swarnendu
1S
Pass
EAST
Anil Padhye
Pass
2S
SOUTH
Jaggy. S
Pass
All Pass
CLOSE ROOM - N/S DHAMPUR SUGAR MILLS
WEST
P. Khare
NORTH
Bhabesh S.
1S.
2D.
Pass.
Pass.
-K873
-875
-K4
-8532
-JT9
-KJT6
-A975
-J6
-83
-JT52
-AK98
-T87
WEST
P. Kushari
-AQ54
-A42
-QT862
-Q
EAST
Raju Tolani
Pass.
1NT.
2S.
WEST
P. Kushari
1C.
All pass
NORTH
EAST
SOUTH
Swarnendu Anil Padhye Jaggy S
Pass
Dbl.
1S
2H
CLOSE ROOM - N/S DHAMPUR SUGAR MILLS
SOUTH
Sumit M.
Pass
Pass
All Pass
WEST
P. Khare
NORTH
Bhabesh S.
2C.
Pass.
EAST
SOUTH
Raju Tolani Sumit M.
Pass
3NT.
All Pass
Arun Jain twisted the knife when both their legs used
Defending an identical 2Spades, Arun Jain's their imagination to good effect, thereby effectively
Swarnendu sitting North started with the Heart Ace shutting out Dhampur. Swarnendu doubled the 1Club
and when he continued with the Heart King, It was opening and Jaggy declared in 2Hearts. The auction in
curtains for the defence. The entry to release the the Closed Room gave the Precision wallahs a victory
diamonds twice was gone. +110 to Dhampur.
of sorts with some highly imaginative bidding by Raju
In the Closed Room, however, the Dhampur defenders Tolani thrown in to steal the deal. Khare's limited
got 2 bites at the cherry, to redeem their previous Precision 2 Club opening made it a tad tougher to
board drop. Identical lead of the Heart Ace, on which double. And Raju with 6 HCP bulldozed into 3NT,
Sumit threw the Heart Jack! Bhabhesh didnt smell the pulling the rug. He was unpassed. Who will whack it?
coffee of the Diamond shift. He switched to the Spade Down two. - 100 and + 140, in fact gave Arun Jain yet
Queen. Declarer felt magnanimous and offered another Imp. The last board was a pedestrian 3NT. An
Bhabesh another bite at the championship by Ducking overtrick helped Dhampur recover an Imp.
The Spade Queen! Still the Diamond shift didn’t come.
The meek trump continuation, in fact, gave declarer Final Scores: Arun Jain 87 - Dhampur 83 Imps
an extra trick and one more Imp.
AND THE WINNER IS- PART SCORES!
Scores: Arun Jain 86 - Dhampur 82 Imps.
2 Boards to go.
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Maharashtra Bridge Association Newsletter
Page 8 of 16
JIMMY MEHTA - AN ENIGMA- R.I.P.
(A TRIBUTE)
January 2015 saw the exit of probably the
most colourful character of Indian bridgethe indomitable one and only Jimmy Mehta.
As green horns we were terrified of playing
at Jimmy's table. He would intimidate us.
But with the passage of time it became
apparent that inspite of the quirks, Jimmy
had a heart of gold. He was magnanimous
and generous to a fault, specially in affairs of
gastronomy and beverages. Jimmy introduced me to
the expensive crustacean, the lobster thermidore at
the famous Gaylords restaurant in Churchgate.
Jimmy would eat a huge chocolate cake at tea time
but in deference to being diet conscious his tea had
Sugar Free. That was Jimsoo, a contradiction of sorts.
I still recall with unholy glee how Jimmy once got
rattled. Gawk, Janak Vibhakar, a young IITian then,
held up a tournament, playing against Jimmy and
Sharad, who were playing the Forcing Pass, Gawk had
one simple question - if the pass is Conventional
(Strong), can one double to show majors. His
doggedness got Jimmy all heated up; the Director was
called and Jimmy had a disastrous set.
I had carried a tribute to Jimmy and Sharad, India's
longest standing partnership in a Bombay Eveninger,
The Afternoon in November 1991. Chose a hand from
that article to pay homage to one of the legends of
Indian bridge - Jimmy Mehta.
YOU WILL ALWAYS STAY FOREVER YOUNG IN OUR MINDS
BID LIKE CRAZY, PLAY LIKE A DEMON
The bidding, to put it politely was
embarrassing; a typical Jimmy Mehta slam
with two losers in a side suit and typically,
Jimmy escaped the spade lead. 11 tricks on
top.
Even if the long club is a setup, how do you
enjoy it? The stiff heart ace creates entry
problems. May be an opponent has jack 10 x of
hearts which could set up the 9. There was one slender
straw to clutch- if the same opponent had 4 clubs,
heart J10 xx and a spade honour......and ?? Jimmy
grasped the last straw with both hands and swam to
safety.
He cashed 5 trumps, chucking a spade and two clubs
from the table. He cashed the heart ace and on his last
trump threw dummy’s last spade and opened the
menu of poisons for East.
- ---KQ9
- ----A87
-
-K
-
-J107
-Immaterial
- ---
-
-QJ4
-QJ53
- ---
-76
-KQ93
-J5
-A8765
-A942
-8542
-1098
-109
- ----K2
-K108
-J1076
-32
-QJ43
-QJ53
-A
-AKQ764
-K2
Contact: 6D/ South
Lead: D8
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East still has to discard. Throwing a heart or a club sets
up the respective long card and ditching the spade
king doesn't even require an explanation.
Jimsoo had executed a Squeeze Without The Count!
It was free drinks at the Orient Club bar that evening.
Besides his top dog card play, his trademark generosity
is how I remember Jimmy.
SALUD!! REST IN PEACE.
Maharashtra Bridge Association Newsletter
Page 9 of 16
SHARAD MHATRE - R.I.P.
Completing a foursome at home with his father,
brother and the local expert, the chit of a boy told
the local expert how he could make six instead of
five in a four hearts contract for the 50 point
bonus. (it was the good ol' days of auction) He
wasn't even a teenager. That was Sharad Mhatre.
Synonymous with Jimmy Mehta, Sharad and
Jimmy were India's longest standing partnership
by far. In 1991 I celebrated 28 years of their long
partnership with an article in a Bombay
newspaper.
Sharad's hallmark stoicity and solidity was a
perfect counterpoint to Jimmy's flamboyance and
aggressiveness, resulting in them dominating
Indian bridge from the 60's to the 90's.
To remember Sharad Mhatre, in the way bridge
players know best, I dip into the archives yet
again, some quarter of a century ago. What Jimmy
can do, Sharad can do better.
-86
-KJ8
-AQ3
-AKJ75
-104
-109543
-10972
-96
-753
-AQ76
-865
-Q108
-AKQJ92
-2
-KJ4
-432
Contract: 6S/South
Lead:S4
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Duplication in diamonds and soft hearts make you
search for that elusive 12th trick. Yet it looks
much healthier than Jimmy's slam (refer Jimmy's
tribute).
Heart guess, club finesse, club queen doubleton ;
lots of possibilities. What separates the men from
the boys is pessimism. Sharad cashed 4 trumps,
trashing 2 clubs from dummy, West pitching a
heart and a club. Sharad next played a low heart
to the Jack and East's Queen. East exited with a
diamond. (A good defender would have tested
Sharad by returning a low heart). Sharad won the
diamond return in hand, cashed the 5th trump
pitching the club Jack!, entered dummy in
diamonds and pulled the diamond ace from the
table.
Dir:
Vul:
S----H-K9
D-A
C-AK
-Immaterial
-
- ----A7
-----Q108
-2
-----J
-432
East was caught. If East parts with the club Sharad
cashes dummy's winners and roughs the heart in
hand to enjoy the long club. And if East parts with
a heart Sharad simply roughs the heart from the
table, toppling the ace and dummy is high.
Sharad has tamed that rare animal- A Criss Cross
Squeeze!
SHARAD MHATRE - REST IN PEACE.
Maharashtra Bridge Association Newsletter
Page 10 of 16
DUSHYANT GADGIL RIP GADGIL FOR THE DEFENCE - ANANT BHAGWAT
(A TRIBUTE BY ANIRUDH SANZGIRI)
Dushyant Gadgil was a very versatile man. Whatever he
did he excelled in it. Academics? He was gold medalist in
Chartered Accountancy as well as Company secretary
examinations. Sports ? He was a left arm spinner who
played for Mumbai University and could have played for
Mumbai Ranji team if he had opted for cricket as a
career. His razor sharp brain and fantastic analytical
ability coupled with his sound knowledge of financial
matters made him one of the finest financial analysts and
it is no surprise that he was the managing Director of 13
different companies. He was first attracted to Bridge
when he met Mr Prabhakar (Bapu) Karandikar and he
very soon mastered the intricacies of Bridge. His team
won the Maharashtra State Championship at Dombival ,
won the Tata inter-offices several times and he won
many a pairs titles. At national levels his team was in the
quarter finals at Vadodara and semifinals at Bangalore in
Ruia Gold Cup. I have no doubt that if his health had not
deteriorated he would have won the coveted title.In his
excellent book ' The works of an occasional writer ' Shri
Anant Bhagwat has narrated a brilliant defence by him to
thwart Ajay Khare's intended stepping stone squeeze.
However he will be fondly remembered by many of us for
his extraordinary generosity to Bridge players. He
started a scheme for offering financial help to bridge
teams who wanted to participate in national level
tournaments. His company paid for the entry fee the
travelling expenses and also contributed to a bit of
pocket money to take care of lodging and boarding. He
employed Bhalachandra Daxindas in his company and
Daxin was his Bridge partner for a long time. Daxin's job
description was promoting bridge and this must be the
only instance in private sector where a bridge player has
been employed solely for bridge skill. DAG as he was
fondly called by his friends sponsored many
tournaments of Thane District Bridge Association.
His favorite system was ACOL befitting his adventurous
creative nature. He was very fond of hindi film music and
would often hum the tunes while playing. In his last years
asthama took its toll and he was often breathless, yet he
continued to participate in bridge tournaments and it was
a wonderful sight to see the faithful Imran pusing his
wheelchair along with the oxygen cylinder which was his
constant companion in recent years.
We will miss you Dushyant.
REST IN PEACE.
Volume 6 (Apr.-Jun. 2015)
What is the most difficult aspect of Bridge? Defence!
What is the most difficult aspect of defence? Defence
against Squeeze! The following hand shows the battle of
wits that ensued between the declarer & the defender.
-Q62
-A8 5 4
-AQ 6 3
-73
-74
- A J 10 9 8 5
- K Q 10 9
-42
- 10 7 5 4
-J82
- Q 10 8
-62
-K3
-J76
-K9
-AK J 9 5 4
South was Ajay Khare. East opened 2 spades, Ajay bid 2
NT & Raju Tolani bid 3 NT. Raju Gulawani led the HK,
which Ajay had to duck. Raju shifted to the S7. East was
Dushyant Gadgil.
He began a fine defence by playing the S10. Ajay
found a superb counter by ducking this to cut the
communications, between defenders. Now Dushyant
knew he had no chance to establish his spade suit, so he
returned a heart to 7 - 10 - S.
This was won dummy. Now Ajay came off the table with a
small spade towards his King. Let us assume that east
wins this with Ace. What can he back? Most probably a
club! Ajay would have won with Ace.
At this point of time Ajay had decided to play for a triple
squeeze on West. So he would have played the King & 9
of diamonds to dummy’s Ace. When he cashes the SQ
west is in trouble what does he discard on this? This is
the position.
-Q
-85
-Q6
-7
- Q 10
- 10 7
- Q 10
-J
-KJ954
On the SQ what can west discard? If he throws a heart
Ajay can play a heart to west’s Queen setting up a heart
trick & at the same time forcing west to give entry to
dummy! Sort of a stepping stone squeeze! If west
discards a diamond dummy’s diamond 6 becomes good
& repeats the squeeze on west, now forcing him to open
the club suit.
Throwing a club on SQ is unthinkable. Either way, the
jaws of squeeze were about to fasten on West. But
Dushyant Gadgil was awake. When Ajay played a
small spade to his king he found the brilliant stroke
of ducking the Ace. Now the count could not be
rectified. The cashing of spade Queen never
materialised & Ajay had to go down.
But it is a tribute to his sporting spirit that Ajay himself
came to me & narrated this hand to describe an
intelligent play by an opponent.
Maharashtra Bridge Association Newsletter
Page 11 of 16
OLDIES GOLDIES - DOWN MEMORY LANE
WINNERS - BANDRA GYMKHANA TOURNAMENT - 1989-90
J. M. Shah, Anil Padhye, Anal Shah, Rajeev Khandelwal, Dr. Sibir Roy
WINNERS : MAYORS CUP CHINCHWAD, PUNE, EARLY 90’S
Sitting (L to R) : Ramesh Herlekar, Sanjay Damle, Prakash Dalvi, Standing : Arun Bapat, Balasaheb Pendse
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Maharashtra Bridge Association Newsletter
Page 12 of 16
BLINK ! AND IT'S GONE
ARUN BAPAT A TRUE SPORTSMAN
Take your eyes of the ball for a nano second and it's
Finito La Musica !
4D*= void in D, or 6H-4S-1D-2C, or 17/20 5H-4S-1D-3C
5N**= Even key cards and void
This is what happened to poor Arun Bapat in the
recently concluded All India Bhartiya Bridge
Tournament. Landing in a good slam, the play was
kind of Elementary-My -Dear -Watson types. Bapat
did full justice to it ......Well almost.
Lead : S9
Winning the trump lead, Arun cashed the Heart Ace
I was watching the other room miss the slam on BBO,
and along with the world and his brother thought it
was a 13 Imp pick up for Shree Cement. But....
There's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip. And for
Bapat , the tea was hot, scalding his lips.
All India Bhartiya Tournament, New Delhi, April 2015
S AQT53
H 10
D T754
C Q75
in hand, cashed the Heart King and ruffed his fourth
heart, setting up the fifth one. Ruffing a diamond in
hand, all he had to do was claim. 4 trumps in his
hand, Ace, King & the 5th Heart, 2 Heart ruffs on the
table, 2 Clubs... That's 11 tricks; and still a trump on
the table to ruff the last club in his hand (clubs broke
fifth Heart- A winner!! He was left with a Club loser
and a pair of extremely red ears.
It's the kind of stuff that keeps you awake for the
J6
874
KQ96
At43
97
QJ62
AJ832
86
K842
AK953
---KJ92
many many nights. 3AM cold sweat!
Shree Cement virtually went out on this Double
Whammy worth 26 Imps; the Arun Jain pair of Jaggy
Shivdasani and Swarnendu didn't
even smell the
slam, the pedestrian bidding going 1H- 1S- 3S- 4S.
Arun Jain went on to win the Championship .
The point of this piece is not to highlight human
error, but to celebrate sportsmanship. Arun Bapat
Bidding:
Pass
Pass
Pass
Jack- Ace. West exited with his last trump. Arun won
4-2).
Arun had a momentary lapse of reason and Ruffed his
Knock out- 2. Session 1.
West
and ruffed a Heart in Dummy and played a club to his
himself sent me this hand when I asked him for
North
Vinay Desai
East
1S
4N
6S
Pass
Pass
All Pass
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South
Arun Bapat
1H
4D*
5NT**
some interesting dope from Bhartiya. Take two
Brownie points Arun, the heartache not
withstanding.
"C'mon here dear boy Have a Cigar, You're Gonna
Go Far" -(from the band Pink Floyd)
Maharashtra Bridge Association Newsletter
Page 13 of 16
RESULTS - NATIONAL
12th Maharaja Yeshwant Rao
Holkar Bridge Championship 2015
Indore, 8th to 11th January 2015, 51 Teams
Open Team
WINNER : PROMILA SARAF
MP 40.00
C D KUMAR, P SUDHAKAR RAO, PRANAB
BARDHAN, SHIBNATH DEY SARKAR, PARTHA
SARATHI MUKHERJEE, BADAL DAS
2
Arun Jain
MP 30.00
Arun Jain, Jaggy Shivdasani, Raju Tolani, Ajay
Khare, Subhash Gupta, Manas Mukherjee
3/4 Dhampur Sugar Mills
MP 25.00
Ashok Goel, K R Venkatraman, Pritish Kushari,
Sumit Mukherjee, Bhabesh Saha
3/4 Tricon Infotech
MP 25.00
N R K Moorthy, Uttam Gupta, Dipak Santra,
Chandra Sekhar Majumder
5/8 Daxin
MP 15.00
Chandra Shekhar Dayal, Anand Golwalkar, B G
Daxindas, Abhay Todankar
5/8 Team Vibrant
MP 15.00
M K Haldar, Bholanath Ghosh, Sagar Bhuiya,
Tapas Dasgupta
5/8 Samadhan
MP 15.00
Ravi Raman, K V Vahalia, Pramod Joshi, S
Krishnan, C P Deshpande, Deepak Pradhan
5/8 K D I
MP 15.00
Rita Choksi, Pankaj Mehta, Arun Kumar Sinha,
Sambhunath Ghosh, Biswajit Poddar
Open Pairs Final (125 Pairs)
1 ALOK KUMAR - C L ARORA
2
R A Agarwal - Abhijit Sarkar
3
Animesh Raj - Srinivasan Iyenger
4
J M Shah - Rahul Shetty
5
Sandeep Thakral - Kaustubh Bendre
6
Khushru Kapadia - Stanley Nazareth
J S Anand Trophy (84 Pairs)
1 S ROY CHOUDHURI - BISWAJIT GHOSH
2
Ravi Goenka - Arun Bapat
3
Ramkrishna Majumder - Kalyan Mukherjee
4
D R L Sanghvi - Ambu
5
Asim Mukherjee - Sandeep Karmarkar
6
B K Mohota - Anurag Mohota
Volume 6 (Apr.-Jun. 2015)
Delhi Gymkhana Bridge
Tournament 2015
13th to 15th February 2015, Delhi, 50 Teams
Open Team
WINNER : TRICON INFOTECH
MP 30.00
N R K MOORTHY, UTTAM GUPTA, DIPAK
SANTRA, CHANDRA SEKHAR MAJUMDER
2 KDI
MP 25.00
Pankaj Mehta, Pradeep Singh, Sambhunath
Ghosh, Biswajit Poddar
3/4 Hemant Jalan
MP 20.00
Hemant Jalan, Ashish Malhotra, Kaustubh
Bendre, Sandeep Thakral, Debabrata Majumder,
Sandip Datta
3/4 Arun Jain
MP 20.00
Arun Jain, Jaggy Shivdasani, Manas Mukherjee,
N K Gupta, Vinay Desai
5/8 DGC Aces
MP 15.00
Anand Virmani Siddharth Behura, Yogesh Tiwari,
Brig Ravi Batra Puneet Gangal, Dilip Coelho
5/8 Dhampur Sugar Mills
MP 15.00
Ashok Goel, K R Venkatraman, Pritish Kushari,
Sumit Mukherjee
5/8 Anoop Dhawan
MP 15.00
Anoop Dhawan, K K Sabherwal, S K
Bandyopadhyay, Swapan Some, Debasish Bose,
Sujit Bhattacharya
5/8 Azure
MP 15.00
S K Hooda, A K Sinha, R Krishnan, J M Shah, Alok
Sadhu, Subrata Saha
Open Pairs Final (122 Pairs)
1 PRITISH KUSHARI - SUMIT MUKHERJEE
2
Namit Sharma - Joyjit Sensharma
3
Hasibul Hasan - Sahipal Ghosh
4
Puneet Gangal - Siddhartha Behura
5
J B Sengupta - R Chakraborty
6
Alok Sadhu - Subrata Saha
Seth Srinivas Lohia Bridge
Championship 2015
Kanpur, 20th to 22nd February 2015, 44 Teams
Open Team Gold
WINNER : MAYA MEERA SNEHA
MP 30.00
VIJAY GOEL, SUKAMAL DAS, SAMIR BASAK,
SATYABRATA MUKHERJEE, ABHIJIT
CHAKRABORTY
Maharashtra Bridge Association Newsletter
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RESULTS - NATIONAL
2
3
4
5/8
5/8
5/8
5/8
Dhampur Sugar Mills
MP 25.00
Ashok Goel, K R Venkatraman, Pritish Kushari,
Swarnendu Banerjee, Sumit Mukherjee
114
MP 20.00
Manas Mukherjee, Rana Roy, Anjan Sarkar,
Amarnath Banerjee, Debabrata Majumder,
Sandip Datta
Tasher Dash
MP 15.00
Kamalesh Gupta, Prabir Paul, Aniruddha
Bhattacharya, Anindra Sarkar, Saumitra Basu,
Kishore Ganguly
Rajjan
MP 10.00
B K Agarwal, Ramesh Shukla, Indresh Agarwal,
Anish–ul-Haq, Deepak Chatterjee
Arnab
MP 10.00
Amar Bose, Arun Chatterjee, Soumya Das,
Ramkrishna Majumder, Somesh Bhattacharya,
Sanjib Majumder
Dilip Atha
MP 10.00
Sahipal Ghosh, Siddhartha Ray Choudhuri, Dilip
Atha, Atanu Ganguly, Subrata Saha, Arijit Guha
Singhania
MP 10.00
P Chakraborty, S K Ganguly, S P Shukla, S K
Kaushik, Mukul Arren, K P Newatia
Open Pairs Event (84 Pairs)
1 KAMAL NAGURI - AMALENDU SANYAL
2
Dipak Santra - Rajesh Jain
3
Sujit Bhattacharya - S K Bandyopadhyay
4
S R Dutta - Swetadri Saha
5
Ramkrishna Majumder - Somesh Bhattacharya
6
M K Bhargava - D V Mujumder
Lalit Mohanka Memorial 2015
20th to 22nd March 2015, Kolkata, 39 Teams
Open Team
WINNER : DHAMPUR SUGAR MILLS
MP 30.00
ASHOK GOEL, SUMIT MUKHERJEE, BHABESH
SAHA, SUBRATA SAHA, ALOK SADHU, PRITISH
KUSHARI
2
Shree Cement
MP 25.00
Ravi Goenka, Arun Bapat, Amarnath Banerjee,
Rana Roy
3
Hemant Jalan
MP 20.00
Hemant Jalan, Ashish Malhotra, Kaustubh
Bendre, Debabrata Majumder, Sandip Datta,
Kaustabh Nandi
Volume 6 (Apr.-Jun. 2015)
4
5/8
5/8
5/8
5/8
A K Bose’s IV
MP 18.00
Abhijit Kumar Bose, Santanu Ghosh, Anindya
Bhattacharya, Soumya Das, Wrik Chakraborty,
Shouvik Das
Maya Mira Sneha
MP 15.00
Sukamal Das, Samir Basak, Satyabrata
Mukherjee, Abhijit Chakraborty
Ajay Bagaria
MP 15.00
Sudhir Ganguly, Ajay Bagaria, Dipak Santra,
Chandra Sekhar Majumder, Prasun Mukherjee
Satish Modi
MP 15.00
Satish Modi, O P Choudhury, Tapan Roy, Sanjib
Basak,Subhasish Sarkar
Lalit Mohanka Youth
MP 15.00
Aritra Bhattacharya, Bhaskar Sarkar, Anindra
Sarkar, Joyrup Mallick
IMP Pairs (90 Pairs)
1 MANAS MUKHERJEE- SWARNENDU BANERJEE
2 Partha Sarathi Mukherjee - Apurba Bhattacharya
3 Sankar Acharya - Pranab Roy
4 Swetadri Saha - K D Chakraborty
5 Biswajit Datta - Bidyut Goswami
6 Biswajit Poddar - Sambhunath Ghosh
FNCC Bridge Tournament 2015
Hyderabad, 27th - 29th March 2015, 58 Teams
Open Team
WINNER : NEST INN
MP 30.00
N. NIRANJAN, R.KANNAN, R. SREEKRISHNAN,
SRC. SEKHAR, R. KRISHNAN
2 C.V.RAO
MP 25.00
C.V.Rao, Pranab Bardan, SND Sarkar,
P.S.Mukharjee, Badal Das.
3/4 K.H.POWER
MP 20.00
Sanjay Dutta, Gautham Dutta, Sukalyan Sarkar,
Abhijeat Chakaborthy
3/4 BANGER CEMENT
MP 20.00
Debasish Ray, Subir Majumder, Suman Sen
Gupta, Kamal Mukherjee
5/8 CR’TEAM
MP 15.00
Dr. Crangadhamarao, P. B. G. Tilak, D. Raja Rao,
Prakesh Kejriwal, G. Veerabhadra Rao, K. Vijay
Kumar
5/8 GUPATAS TEAM
MP 15.00
A. S. Gupta, V. Krishanan, B. P. S. Pai, S. Deb
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RAMA JAIN TROPHY 2015
RESULTS - NATIONAL
5/8 BHARANI
MP 15.00
Dr. K. Srinivas, S. K. Iyangar, K. Srinivasareddy,
N. R. K. Moorthy, V. Ramesh Kumar
5/8 CDBA
MP 15.00
J. Janakiram, K. Gurappa, B. Gopalreddy, N.
Ramamurthyreddy, K. Kotireddy, P. Raghavaiah
Pairs Finals (97 Pairs)
1 KAMESH RAO - BHAGAT RAM
2
Debashish Raoy - Subri Mujendar
3
K Mukherjee - Suman Sengupta
4
D Viajay - R Venkatesh
5
P Sudhakararao - B Ramamohanrao
6
M Parthasarathi - S Desarkar
Mohanlal Bhartia Bridge
Tournament 2015
New Delhi, 2nd to 5th April 2015, 51 Teams
The 34th ALL INDIA TIMES NATIONAL PAIRS
BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIP 2015 for RAMA JAIN
Trophy was held at Delhi Bridge Association
building on 21st & 22nd March 2015. Each State
Association is requested to send their pairs (the
quota of pairs for each state association is prefixed) after conducting a local trials within their
association. The tourney also includes few pairs
of sponsors and few invitee pairs.
24 pairs participated this year and played an allplay-all on each day. The event was divided into
4 sessions and there prizes for session winners as
well.
The final results are as follows:
Rank Name
Open Team
WINNER : ARUN JAIN
MP 40.00
JAGGY SHIVDASANI, RAJU TOLANI, AJAY
KHARE, SWARNENDU BANERJEE
2 Dhampur Sugar
MP 30.00
Ashok Goel, K R Venkatraman, Anil Padhye,
Pritish Kushari, Bhabesh Saha, Sumit Mukherjee
3 Formidables
MP 25.00
Kiran Nadar, B Satyanarayana, B Prabhakar,
Rajeswar Tewari, Sunit Choksi, Keyzad
Anklesaria
4/5 Cogito
MP 20.00
Sandeep Karmarkar, Andrey Purushottam, Milind
Athavale, Vivek Bhand
4/5 Kashi Goa
MP 20.00
Kr Vijayanand Singh, Pradeep Singh, Finton
Lewis, Prasad Keni, Bharat Shah
6/8 Alpha
MP 15.00
Dipak Santra, Snehasish Roy, Aniruddha
Bhattacharya, Pinaki Prasad Khan
6/8 Kamalesh Gupta
MP 15.00
Badal Das, Pranab Bardhan, Shib Nath Dey
Sarkar, Partha Sarathi Mukherjee
6/8 Shree Cement
MP 15.00
Ravi Goenka, Arun Bapat, Vinay Desai, Rana Roy,
Amar Nath Banerjee, Prasun Mukherjee
IMP Pairs Final (122 pairs)
1 N R K MOORTHY - R SHEEKRISHNAN
2
Sukamal Das - Samir Basak
3
Sunit Choksi - Keyzad Anklesaria
4
Kiran Nadar - B Satyanarayana
5
Vinay Desai - Arun Bapat
6
Bimal Sicka - Sapan Desai
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RESULTS
1
SUBHASH GUPTA - SUNIT CHOKSHI (Invitee)
2
P MUKHERJEE - A BHATTACHARYA (WB)
3
S DESAI - R BAKERI (GUJ)
4
ARUN BAPAT - M P ATHAVALE (MAH)
5
DEEPAK KOTHIWAL - AJAY VAISH (UP)
6
C CHOWDHURY - CHANDAN MITRA (WB)
7
T C PANT - DALEEP MUTREJA (DEL)
8
DR R P BHIDE - ABHAY LELE (MAH)
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VIJAY GOEL - SUKAMAL DAS (SPONSOR)
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B S PRADHAN - A K BALIAR SINGH (ORI)
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SUDHIR AGGARWAL - NAMIT SHARMA (DBA)
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RANGA KHADLOYA - DR V JEURKAR (MAH)
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R P TRIPATHI - RAJESH JAIN (DEL)
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S MUKHERJEE - ABHJIT CHAKRABORTY (WB)
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R C NAYAK - P BEURIA (ORI)
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T K BANERJI - NITA BANERJI (CHD)
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RITA CHOKSHI - LINA MAYADAS (Ladies Team)
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S C BHANDARI - R N GUPTA (JHAR)
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KAWALJIT SINGH - D BHATNAGAR (Invitee)
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GEN GOSAIN - AJAY DESHPANDE (AP)
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CAPT ANAND - AJIT SHIVDASANI (MAH)
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S G GOLE - P M BHIDE (MAH)
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R S JASUJA - DR ASHA SURANA (DEL)
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SHASHI JAIN - MONICA JAJOO (LBA)
(Highlighted players represented Maharashtra)
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