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Editor: T.C. Pant Bulletin No. 1: Saturday, 17th June 2017

WELCOME TO THE “GRAPE CAPITAL” OF INDIA Welcome to Nashik, the “grape capital of India”, for the 7th Tolani Open Summer National Bridge Championships to be held at Nashik Engineering Cluster, MIDC, Ambad, Nashik from Saturday 17th June, 2017 till Wednesday 21st June, 2017.

The tournament is being organised by Nashik District Bridge Association and Mitra Vihar Club, Nashik under the auspices of Bridge Federation of India and Maharashtra Bridge Association. Nashik has some of the country’s great bridge enthusiast & organisers and it is not at all surprising that the city is hosting the Summer Nationals for the 2nd time within a span of 4 years. They were the host in 2014 as well. The organisers warmly welcome all participants & officials to the Championships.

Situated at the foothills of the Western Ghats, on the banks of river Godavari, Nashik is an ancient holy city in Maharashtra, which holds the massive Sinhastha Kumbh Mela once in every 12 years. It is also known for its links to the “Ramayana” epic, The city has the famous “Trimbakeshwar” – Shiva Temple, known as one of the 12 Jyotirlings of India. The other important places in the city are “Panchvati”, “Ram Kund”, “Muktidham Temple” and “Kalaram Temple” all related to “Ramayana” time. The famous “Shirdi Sai” temple is also located just 87 Kms away from Nashik at Shirdi.

The Championships will have 3 main events - The Team of Four Duplicate event for Dr. N.P. Tolani Gold Trophy, the Team of Four event for Dr. N.P. Tolani Silver Trophy (event for Non-Masters) and an IMP Pairs event.

The winner of the Gold Trophy qualifies directly into semi-finals of the Indian Team Selection trial for Commonwealth games and the Runner-up qualifies for Indian Team Selection trials for Commonwealth games. The Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championship is to be held at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia from 14th to 18th Feb 2018.

BFI & the organising committee has also kept few side events like “Patton Teams”, “Flight-B of IMP Pairs” and “Match Point Pairs” for those who get eliminated from the main events.

India has already taken a great leap on the technical advancement in conducting bridge tournaments and this tournament will also be conducted with international standard Bridgemate Scoring, computerised dealt boards, BBO Vu-graph and Daily Bulletins.

We are confident that all participants will carry happy memories from this event. Let all of us wish the event a grand success.

Wishing all the participants good luck, a pleasant stay and enjoyable Bridge. May the better team win.

- Editor


TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE Chairman: Prasad Keni

Members: M.R.G. Apparao, S. Sundareshan,

J.K. Bhosale, K.S. Samant, R. Venkatesh, Vinay Desai

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Chief Patron: J.K. Bhosale Chairman: Vinod Kapoor

Vice-Chairman: Mohan Ukidave Conveners: Hemant Pande &

Dr. Atul Dashputre Chief Co-ordinator: R. Rajagopalan

Org. Secretary: Surya Reddi Jt. Org. Secretary: Sunil Patki

Accommodation: Hemant Pande (9822498456) Atul Dashputre (9822053095)

EVENT PRIZES Dr. Tolani Gold Trophy Dr. Tolani Silver Trophy

Winner Rs. 120,000 Rs. 50,000 Runner-up Rs. 60,000 Rs. 25,000 Third Rs. 40,000 Rs. 15,000 Fourth Rs. 25,000 Rs. 10,000 5th to 8th Rs. 7,500 each Rs. 5,000 each

IMP Pairs PATTON / SWISS Teams Winner Rs. 25,000 Rs. 6,000 Runner-up Rs. 12,000 Rs. 4,000 3rd / 4th Rs. 6,000 / Rs. 5000 Rs. 2,000 each 5th / 6th Rs. 4,000/ Rs. 3000 Rs. 1,000 each 7th / 8th Rs. 2,000/ Rs. 1000 Rs. 1,000 (for 7th position only)

Entry Fees: Dr. Tolani Gold Trophy: Rs. 6000 – for 4 member team. Additional member Rs. 1000 each. Dr. Tolani Silver Trophy: Rs. 4000 - for 4 member team. Additional member Rs. 500 each. IMP Pairs Elimination: Rs. 1200 per Pair. IMP Pairs Final: Flight “A” & “B” - Rs. 300 per Pair. PATTON Teams – Rs. 400 per Team Match Point Pairs – Rs. 400 per pair.

TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT

Chief of Technical Management T.C. Pant

Scoring Srinivasan Iyengar & Team

Bulletin Editor T.C. Pant

Vu-graph Bharat Shah &Team

Computer Deals Chetan Raval & Team

REVIEW COMMITTEE Chairman: M.R.G. Apparao

Members: R. Venkatesh, Vinay Desai

TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS Mr. M.B.V. Subrahmanyam, CTD Mr. Pranab Bhattacharya, Jt. CTD

& Team


Summer Nationals 2017 – Curtain Raiser

The 7th Edition of the Tolani Open Summer National Bridge Championships will be held at Nashik Engineering Cluster, MIDC, Ambad, Nashik from Saturday 17th June, 2017 till Wednesday 21st June, 2017. The event is organized by Nashik District Bridge Association and Mitra Vihar Club, Nashik under the auspices of Bridge Federation of India and Maharashtra Bridge Association.

From 2011 onwards, the format of the Summer Nationals was changed and the Team of four event of the Summer Nationals was divided into 2 categories called the “Tolani Gold Trophy Event” and “Tolani Silver Trophy Event” for the Non Master's team.

In the 1st new format Summer Nationals 2011 at Aurangabad, Formidables (Kiran Nadar, R. Tiwari, B. Satyanarayana, K. R. Venkatraman, H.B. Prabhakar, S Gupta) beat Dhampur Sugar Mills (Ashok Goel, P Kushari, St Mukherjee, Bh Saha, D Majumder, S Vaidya) by 123-84 to claim the Tolani Gold Trophy.

Samadhan Bridge Academy (Ravi Raman, P Bhosale, R Khadloya, G S Surve, R Khare, N. B. Shinde) beat A.C.B.L Aurangabad (S.G. Kaluse, A.Y. Kulkarni, Hulsurkar, Ranade, S.G. Talegaonkar, S.G. Rajvaidya) by 49-42 to take the Tolani Silver Trophy.

S. ACHARYA - S. BASAK won the IMP Pairs.

In the 2nd Summer Nationals 2012 at Panjim, Goa, DHAMPUR SUGAR MILLS (S VAIDYA, ARUN BAPAT, S MUKHERJEE, B SAHA, D MAJUMDER, P KUSHARI) beat SHRI RADHEY (V M LAL, R G BHIWANDKAR, AMOD RELE, PRAKASH DALVI, SUNIL MACHHAR) by 157-105 to claim the Tolani Gold Trophy.

OSRC BHUBANESWAR (BHIMASEN PRADHAN, A K BALIASINGH, P K NAYAK, R C NAYAK) beat DR HELEKAR (S V SHINDE, DR M N HELEKAR, AVINASH CHITALE, S A PRABHU) by 142-135 IMPs to lift the Tolani Silver Trophy.

Pranab Bardhan - S N Sey Sarkar won the IMP Pairs.

In the 3rd Summer Nationals 2013 at Pune, INDIA BLUES (ASHOK RUIA, A R D SEQUEIRA, J M SHAH, SUBHASH GUPTA, V M LAL, R G BHIWANDKAR) beat AGSAR PAINTS (N R K MOORTHY, RAJKUMAR, DEBASISH RAY, ANIL PADHEY, PRAHLAD RAJKUMAR) by 141-112 to win the Tolani Gold Trophy.

A R DAS’s IV beat INCOME TAX, Kolkata by 143-116 IMPs to lift the Tolani Silver Trophy.

Arun Bapat – Ravi Goenka won the IMP Pairs.

In the 4th Summer Nationals 2014 at Nashik, TEXAN ACES (VENKATESH, J M SHAH, SUBHASH GUPTA, SWARNENDU, P. SRIDHAR, S. SUNDARRAM) beat DHAMPUR SUGAR MILLS (ASHOK GOEL, KR VENKATRAMAN, S MUKHERJEE, B SAHA, D MAJUMDER, P KUSHARI) by 129-107 to win the Tolani Gold Trophy.

In the 5th Summer Nationals held at Bengaluru from 17th to 21st June 2015, FORMIDABLES (B. SATYANARAYANA, RAJESHWAR TEWARI, B. PRABHAKAR, SUNIT CHOKSI, KEYZAD ANKLESARIA) beat DHAMPUR SUGAR MILLS (ASHOK GOEL, KR VENKATRAMAN, S MUKHERJEE, B SAHA, P KUSHARI) to win the Tolani Gold Trophy.

SABARI STANDARD (VERGHESE JACOB, AJAY DESHPANDE, RAJNESH GOSSEIN, ASOK JOSELEAN, MATHEW CHANDY, S.RAJEEV) beat A TASTE OF GOA (Finton Lewis, C Dayal, Deone Menezes, Anand Golwalkar, M.G.Naik) to lift the Tolani Silver Trophy.

Pranab Bardhan – S. De Sarkar won the IMP Pairs.

In the 6th Summer Nationals held at Bengaluru from 6th to 10th July 2016, FORMIDABLES (JAGGY SHIVDASANI, B. SATYANARAYANA, SUNIT CHOKSI, KEYZAD ANKLESARIA) comfortably beat C V RAO (CV RAO, BADAL DAS, PRANAB BARDHAN, SHIBNATH DEY SARKAR, SUBHASH GUPTA) by 71 IMPs (164-93) to win the Tolani Gold Trophy.

JUPITOR HYDERABAD (SEETHA RAMAIAH D, SREENUVASULU REDDY K, T V G K MURTHY, DR. GOLLAKOTA SATYANARAYAN, D S PRAKASA RAO, P SUDHAKARA RAO) beat JAI GANESH (S B KHANOLKAR, S G SURVE, N B SHINDE, B C PENDSE, P A BHOSALE, R W KHARE) by 190-153 to win the Tolani Silver Trophy.

Satyabrta Lahiri – Subroto Saha won the IMP Pairs.

We wish all the Best to the participants of the 2017 edition of the Championships.


THE REIGNING CHAMPIONS - TOLANI GOLD TROPHY THE “FORMIDABLES” TEAM

THE REIGNING CHAMPIONS - TOLANI SILVER TROPHY THE “JUPITOR, HYDERABAD” TEAM

From L to R: C.M. Kulkarni (Organising Secretary), B. Satyanarayana, Jaggy Shivdasani & Keyzad Anklesaria, Prasad Keni (President, BFI), S. Vaidyanathan, Sunit Chokshi (not in picture)

SEETHA RAMAIAH D, SREENUVASULU REDDY K, T V G K MURTHY, DR. GOLLAKOTA SATYANARAYAN, D S PRAKASA RAO, P SUDHAKARA RAO – Names not in order of standing positions


Important Bridge News from Across the World s The 43rd World Bridge Team Championships (Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup and d’Orsi Cup), will

be held at Lyon, France from 12th to 26th August 2017.

The teams representing the BFAME (Zone-4) in the 43rd World Bridge Championships are:

BERMUDA BOWL - OPEN Event:

1. India: Ashok GOEL (Captain), K R VENKATRAMAN, Sumit MUKHERJEE, Debbrata MAJUMDAR, P. SRIDHAR & S. SUNDERRAM.

2. Bangladesh: Shah Ziaul HAQUE, Md. Rashedul AHASAN, A.H.M. KAMRUZZAMAN, M. Asifur Rahman CHOWDHURY & Md. Moshiur RAHMAN.

VENICE CUP – WOMEN Event

1. Jordan: Azza Rafat Khalil QASHU, Dima AL TAHER, Mays Wahib Rashid AL BITTAR, Randa AL SAKET, Aaida Haider Hanna Abu JABER and Alia M.A. RIDA.

2. India: Bindiya NAIDOO, Sathyavati VASANTH, Alka KSHIRSAGAR, Vasanti SHAH, Marianne KARMARKAR and Rupa BAKERI.

D’Orsi Cup – SENIORS Event

1. India: Dipak PODDAR (Captain), Jitendra SOLANI, Anand SAMANT, R.A. AGARWAL, R. SRIDHARAN & S. DHAKRAS

2. Pakistan: Ghalib BANDESHA, Assad MAQBOOL, Safder KHAN, Izzat KHALIL, Masood MAZHAR and Mirza Shauq HUSSAIN

The USBF also had their selection trails for World Bridge Team Championships and the following teams will represent USA:

BERMUDA BOWL - OPEN Event:

1. USA1: Team Nickell - Frank Nickell, Capt, Jeff Meckstroth, Bobby Levin, Ralph Katz, Eric Rodwell, Steve Weinstein

2. USA2: Team Fleisher - Martin Fleisher, Capt, Brad Moss, Michael Rosenberg, Chip Martel, Joe Grue, Jacek Pszczola

VENICE CUP – WOMEN Event

1. USA1: Team Clerkin - Joanne Weingold, Migry Zur Campanile, Beth Palmer, Jill Meyers, Sylvia Shi, Shannon Cappelletti, Dennis Clerkin, NPC

2. USA2: Team Jenkins - Bronia Jenkins, Capt, Sylvia Moss, Bernace De Young, Sheri Winestock, Connie Goldberg, Irina Kislitsyna

D’Orsi Cup – SENIORS Event

1. USA1: Team Wold - Eddie Wold, Capt, Michael Levine, Marc Jacobus, Mike Passell, Dennis Clerkin, Jerry Clerkin

2. USA2: Team Wolfson - Jeffrey Wolfson, Capt, Neil Silverman, David Berkowitz, Alan Sontag, Michael Becker, Allan Graves

The 15th HCL International Bridge Championship will be played from 12th to 17th Sep 2017 at J W Marriott Hotel, New Delhi and will have a total prize money of Rs. 18 million (Rs. 1.8 Crore), becoming the highest Prize Money Tournament of the World. The tournament is expected to attract many international teams. Keep your team ready for this fantastic experience. All details about the championship can be found at www.hcl-bridge.com.

The Commonwealth Nations Bridge Championship will be held at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia from 14th to 18th Feb 2018. There will be Trials held for selecting the Indian Team for the event. Please visit BFI web site www.bfi.net.in for information on Selection Trial dates.

Bridge has been included for the first time in Asian Games and will be part of the next Asian Games at Jakarta, Indonesia to be held from 18th Aug to 2nd Sep 2018. BFI will give details of the possible events (most probably Men, Women & Mixed events will be there) and their selection processes in the near future. Visit www.bfi.net.in for further details.

http://www.hcl-bridge.com

http://www.bfi.net.in



The 51st APBF (Asia Pacific Bridge Federation) Championships were held at Riviera Hotel, Seoul, South Korea from 28th May to 7th June 2017.

India participated in 3 events viz. Open, Ladies and Senior. There were total 15 teams in Open event, 12 Teams in Ladies event & 16 Teams in Senior event. The format of the event was an all-play-all double round robin Each round was of 14 boards each and the Open & Senior teams played 4 rounds per day, whereas Ladies played 3 rounds per day.

The Indian open team was represented by Badal Das, Shibnath De Sarkar, Aloke Kumar Sadhu, P.S. Mukhopadyay, Pranab Bardhan & Arun jain. Joyjit Sen Sarma was the NPC of the team.

The Ladies lead was represented by Marianne Karmarkar, Rupa Bakeri, Rita Bhagwati, Tara laroia, Jayashree Patel & Shashikala Desai.

The Senior team was represented by Ashok Ruia, Archie Sequeira, Jyotindra Shah, R. Shreekrishnan, Kirubakara Moorthy and R. Krishnan.

The Indian open team did well to top the standing with a score of 107.37 VPs at the end of round-8 of Round Robin-1. The seniors after round-8 were on 85.59 VP (at 7th position). The ladies however did not perform well and at the end of day-2 (after round-6) they were languishing on 11th position (out of 12) at 22.82 VPs.

At the end of round robin-1 on day-4, New Zealand led the open event (15 rounds) with 189.31 VPs. India were on 6th position with 175.39 VPs. DJARUM ICBA (The Indonesian team) were the topper in the Seniors event (15 rounds) with a score of 217.04 VPs. Indian Seniors were on 5th position with a score of 174.71 VPs. The ladies however did not perform well and were on 11th position out of 12 teams with 71.67 VPs.

In the Open match between India and Malaysia in round-8, the Indian team combined beautifully to earn a game swing on this deal.

Board 26, Dlr: East, Vul: EW

9 A7 AT943 AKT42

A542 J862 K6 876

KQT86 K54 QJ953

J73 QT93 QJ8752

INDIAN TEAMS IN THE 51st APBF CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017

Brian Senior under the heading “Fine Team Effort” - wrote about this nicely played & defended hand by Indian Open team, in the daily bulletin.

West North East South 1[ Pass 2[ 2NT Pass 3{ Pass 4{ Pass 5{ All Pass

For India, the declarer was Pranab Bardhan (South). West led a low heart, ducked to the king, and back came a second heart to the ace. Bardhan played ace of clubs then a low club, East going up with the queen, perhaps as a suit preference signal? Bardhan ruffed and paused to take stock. The 2[ raise had shown 7-9 points and it appeared that East held the ]K and }QJ. West was likely to hold the [A but not two touching spade honours, else why lead from a weak heart suit rather than the suit opened by his partner? Once East was put with two of the top spades, it seemed likely that West would hold the {K so, backing his judgment, Bardhan took the diamond finesse and was rewarded when it held and he had made his game for +600.

The majority of those playing the diamond game went down so this was a good effort. A popular line was to ruff a club to get to hand then lead the queen of diamonds and, when there was no cover or flicker from West, to go up with the ace.

In the other room, Aloke Sadhu (West) gave declarer no chance to work out the position of the missing high cards. Judging that dummy was the strong hand so was heavy favourite to hold the ace of trumps, Sadhu chose as his opening lead the six of diamonds! I defy anyone to get the trumps right after that and the Malaysian declarer of course went up with the ace so was down one for –100 and 12 IMPs to India on their way to a 18.17-1.83 VP victory.

In the second round robin, the open & senior teams tried to recover some of the lost ground. With 77-23 victory against Kuwait in round-5 and 79-3 victory against Korea2 in round -6, the Indian open team gained quite a few VPs. They lost 36-10 against China Macau in R-7 but won the R-8 against Thailand by 33-29 to make a nice recovery.

At half way stage of RR-2, in open event (after r-8) India were on 6th position with 273.95 VPs. China led the field with 303.99 VPs. The Indian Seniors were on 5th position after R-8 with a score of 270.31 VPs. DJARUM ICBA leading the event with 315.48 VPs. The Indian Ladies gained one position and were 10th after R-6 with a score of 102.25. The Chinese ladies were on top with 266 VPs.

Arun Jain played the following deal beautifully.


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All about the Diamonds

The Indian Open team won their Round 18 match against China Hong Kong, with this deal contributing nicely to their success.

Board 18, Dlr: East, Vul: NS

6 JT873 AT842 T6

J974 Q92 Q96 983

KQ832 AK64 K7 J5

AT5 5 J53 AKQ742

West North East South Badal Das Arun Jain 1[ 2} 3[ Pass Pass 4} Pass 5} All Pass At the other table, the CHK N/S played in 3♣ making for +110. For India, Arun Jain and Badal Das were more optimistic. When Jain overcalled 2♣, West bid a pre-emptive 3♠ and that came back around to Jain who judged to compete further, knowing that his partner was marked with at most a singleton spade as E/W had shown at least a five-four fit, so there should be at least some club tolerance in the dummy. Now Das judged that his singleton spade and diamond ace should be enough to give some play for game – Jain had to have a good hand to bid to the four level on his own when vulnerable – so raised to 5♣.

The lead was a spade to the queen and ace. Now, how to come to 11 tricks? It seemed to Jain that he would have to rely on the diamond suit to provide the necessary winners and, with no outside entry, that would require that he play East for the short diamonds, specifically, for honour doubleton. There was also the problem of the spade losers, which prevented declarer from drawing trumps before touching diamonds. Jain's solution was to ruff a spade at trick two then lead a low diamond off the dummy. East thought for a while before winning the king and trying to cash two top hearts. However, Jain could ruff the second heart, draw trumps and lead the jack of diamonds to pick up the rest of the suit – 11 tricks for +600 and 10 IMPs to India. With a trump left in the dummy there was nothing the defence could do as, whichever way they might twist or turn, that club would either take care of a spade return or provide an entry to the South hand to draw trumps before cashing the diamonds.

Though the Indian open team lost their R-9 match narrowly by 23-24 against Chinese Taipei, they continued their good work by beating Japan 35-14 in R-10, New Zealand by 22-10 in R-11 and China by 39-14 in the R12. The question was whether they can continue their good form to the last day of the team championship or not. They were placed 5th with a score of 328.77 at the end of R12 of RR2.

The last day started with Round 13 against Korea1, which the open team easily won by 56-17 but it seems it was not their day afterwards. In a tight Round14 match, they lost narrowly to Australia by 40-35 and then in the last round it was all over for them, when Indonesia thrashed them by 42-13. The final ranking of Open teams was:

1. China – 376.69 VPs 2. Indonesia – 368.13 3. China Taipei – 367.78 4. New Zealand – 364.24 5. India – 358.60

In the Senior event, India finished at 4th position with a score of 369.69 VPs. The positions were:

1. China – 394.03 VPs 2. DJARUM ICBA – 384.45 3. China Hongkong – 370.24 4. India – 369.69

In the Ladies event, India finally finished at 10th position (out of 12 teams) with a score of 156.39 VPs. The positions were:

1. China 344.94 Vps 2. Indonesia – 284.10 3. Chinese Taipei – 282.28

There was an open pair event played after the team championship in which 80 pairs participated. A qualifying round in 2 sessions was played, after which the TOP 28 pairs qualified for the finals. The following Indian players qualified for the final.

NS Direction: Aloke Sadhu – P.S. Mukhopadhyay – 4th rank Badal Das – Arun Jain – 7th Joyjit Sensarma – R. Krishnan – 8th Ashok Ruia – R. Sreekrishnan – 14th Marianne Karmarkar – Rupa Bakeri – 15th EW Direction: Shibnath Dey SarKar Pranab Bardhan – 3rd ranked

Shibnath Dey Sarkar – Pranab Bardhan gave a solid performance in the final winning the event with a score of 60.6%. Joyjit – R. Krishnan finished 6th with 54.4% score.

Heartiest Congratulations to Sarkar – Bardhan for their fabulous performance.

- Editor


TOLANI GOLD - RND -6 (SAMADHAN Vs. ARISTOS)

Board 26, Dlr: E, Vul: Both

AT JT84 T953 A65

J94 Q976 J62 KT3

KQ732 A A84 QJ92

865 K532 KQ7 874

This board was a big gainer for ARISTOS.

West North East South Ramani Venkatesh Phaterphekar Srinivasan 1[ Pass 2[ Pass 4[ All Pass

With good 16 HCP hand, East bid 4[, when his partner raised his 1[ bid to 2[.

South led the [6 and over west’s low card, North won with [A. He correctly shifted to {10 and declarer had to duck this to have any chance of making the contract. South won the trick with {Q and played the [8, declarer winning in hand with [Q. Declarer now played }2 to }K in dummy and North won with Ace and played {9. Declarer won with {A and only hoped that the person having the last trump had 4 clubs, so that he can discard the losing diamond in dummy on the 4th club. But that was not to be. When declarer played the 4th club, South ruffed and this had to be overruffed. With one loser in diamond, the contract went 1 down.

In the open room, the contract was again 4[, but here it was made on the {K lead, the only card which allows the contract to make. ARISTOS gained 12 IMPs on the board.

Board 33, Dlr: N, Vul: All

QT752 4 T53 AT32

A63 J9653 AQ97 7

KJ4 T872 KJ82 95

98 AKQ 64 KQJ864

INTERESTING DEALS FROM SUMMER NATIONALS 2016

West North East South Ramani Venkatesh Phaterphekar Srinivasan Pass Pass 1} 1] 2[(*) 3}(**) 3] Pass 3[ Pass 4}(*3) Pass 4{(*4) Pass 5} All Pass (*) – Either 5[+4} or 5}+4[ (<10 HCPs) (**) – Good raise in hearts; (*3) – RKC in clubs; (*4) – 1 or 4.

With lot of artificial bidding flying around, the final contract turned out to be an overbid. Defenders could have taken 2 spades & 2 diamonds for 2 down but on the heart lead, one diamond loser went. In the open room, the contract was 3NT &, the contract would have been 3 down on diamond/ spade lead. Defenders could have taken 4 diamonds and 3 spades, but on heart lead, declarer could claim 9 tricks. That was 10 IMPs to SAMADHAN.

Thinking Defender Vs Thinking Declarers

GOLD Event - Round of 16, Session-2 Board 14, Dlr: E, Vul: NONE

AKT5 T4 K765 KT2

QJ7 5 843 A76543

843 J963 AQ2 Q98

962 AKQ872 JT9 J

N-S reached 4] after East passed and South opened a weak two in hearts. West led the {3 and East won the trick with {Q and shifted to }8. West won the trick with the Ace and played another diamond, East winning with the Ace. As declarer, how you plan to play the hand.

Both N-S and E-W are top ranked players and the play of club suggests that he wants partner to cash whatever tricks are available. Why he wants to do so, there can be only be one reason that he expects to get one heart trick as well. That’s the thought process of a “thinking defender”.

Now the ball is in the court of the declarer. He should ask himself – why the defender is in a hurry to cash the club trick, giving him chance to discard a loser on }K It should not be a rocket science for a “thinking declarer” to know the reason.


He can tackle the heart suit if they are 3-2, so no problem there. If West has 4-carder heart with Jack or 9xxx, declarer cannot do much. But if East has 4 or 5-carder hearts, he has to take double finesse of ]J as well as ]9.

The signs are clear that East surely has one of these varieties. The problem is that once you cash ]A and both defenders follow, then you can’t catch both ]J and ]9 on finesse.

So no other way except to take first round finesse of ]10 and repeat the dose and score the contract.

Nice hand to take clues. After making the contract, declarer can even boast to defender that it was the defender, who gave away the contract..

TOLANI GOLD – QF - SESSION-3 CV RAO Vs. SHREE CEMENT

Board 32, Dlr: W, Vul: EW

4 QT87653 T972 4

KQT7632 A42 KQ T

J9 A854 AKJ9532

A85 KJ9 J63 Q876

OPEN Room:

West North East South Rana Roy P. Bardhan Banerjee De Sarkar 1[ Pass 2} Pass 3[ Pass 4} Pass 4{ Pass 4](*) DBL RDBL(**) 4NT 7[ DBL All Pass (*) – Cue bid; (**) – Showing top control in Heart

CLOSED Room:

West North East South S Gupta Arun Bapat Badal Das R Goenka 1[ 3] 4} 4] 4[ 5] 6[ Pass Pass 7] Pass Pass 7[ Pass Pass DBL All Pass

In the open room, E-W was silent until East cue bid the 4]. When South doubled this and West showed his top control in heart, North with his 7-carder suit barged in with 4NT, which took away bidding space. The bid of 7[ by Sarkar was a hit in the dark, which got doubled by South, who had the trump Ace.

In the closed room, North jumped to 3] over 1[ by West and South bid 4] over a forcing 4} by East. West simply bid 4[ and North took full advantage of vulnerability and bid 5]. East with his powerhouse now closed the bidding in 6[. But North known for his attacking game did a nice save of 7], as 6[ was always on.

As East had already made forcing calls and bid 6[ as well, hence he made a forcing PASS bid and the ball was now in the court of West. The double of 7] would have fetched 1100 but West hoped that his partner may hold the [A and bid 7[, duly doubled by South, who had the trump Ace. So the interesting deal produced no gains for any team.

TOLANI GOLD – Final - SESSION-1 FORMIDABLES Vs. CV RAO

Board 7, Dlr: S, Vul: All

A98 82 K982 T852

K642 AQ9 7 QJ764

QJT53 K5 AJ64 AK

7 JT7643 QT53 93

OPEN Room: West North East South Dey Sarkar. Keyzad P. Bardhan Sunit

Pass 1} Pass 1[ Pass 2[ Pass 3} Pass 4[ All Pass

CLOSED Room:

West North East South Jaggy S. CV Rao B. Satya Badal Das

Pass 1} Pass 1[ Pass 2[ Pass 3{ Pass 4[ Pass 4NT Pass 5] Pass 6[ All Pass The bidding in the open room was very timid. East with his powerful hand should have at given a push by asking 4NT. He could have signed off in 5[, in case of inadequate key cards. West also did not help their cause, as he could have cue bid 3{ over 3}.

In the closed room, Satya took over the bidding and bid the lay down slam, gaining 13 IMPs for Formidables.

- Editor


Uttam Gupta, a regular on BBO, played the following hand beautifully few days ago in a BBO match.

Board 2, Dlr: East, Vul: NS

AT QT853 4 KQ874

K974 A942 K532 2

832 K7 Q987 AT95

QJ65 J5 AJT6 J63

West North East South Uttam manas555 kottamkr Samir67

Pass Pass 1{ 1] DBL 1NT 2[ 3} 3{ DBL All Pass

North led the {4 to {8, {10 & won by Uttam with the {K. A low spade was played from hand and North won the trick with [10 and further cashed the [A, hoping partner to have the [K.

Next North played the }2 and Uttam won the trick with Ace and ruffed a club in hand. A heart was played to dummy’s King and another club was ruffed by {3.

Now he correctly guessed the trump shortness with North and cashed his [K, North discarding a low heart. He now cashed the ]A and played the [9 ruffing it in dummy with {7. With 8 tricks in bag, the last 3 card position was:

QT K

94 5

Q9 T

AJ6

When the }10 was played from dummy, South got end played and had to give the all important 9th trick to dummy’s {Q9.

Well played Uttam.

A WELL PLAYED HAND

Forthcoming Bridge Events - 2017 s 01 – 03 Jul: 25th JHIC (Jubilee Hills) Open Bridge Tournament, Hyderabad 03 – 07 Jul: YEH BROS CUP BRIDGE INVITATION, Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo, Japan 08 – 09 Jul: GKS-ND-ARJ Memorial Bridge Tournament, Cosmopolitan Club, Coimbatore (TN State Level) 13 – 16 Jul: All India Madhava Prasad Memorial Tournament, Corbett Park Garjia 20 – 30 Jul: NABC Summer Championships, Toranto, ON 21 – 23 Jul: All India Goa Bridge Festival, Panaji, Goa 28 – 30 Jul: UP - Uttarakhand State Championships, Dehradun 29 - 31 Jul: Suhas & Avi Memorial Bridge Championship, PYC Hindu Gymkhana, Pune 05 Aug: 6th All India Invitational Corporate Bridge Championship, Hotel Taj Lands End, Mumbai 12 – 26 Aug: 43rd World Bridge Teams Championships (BB, Venice Cup, d’Orsi cup), Lyon, France 15 – 24 Aug: 5th World Open Youth Championships, Lyon, France 25 – 27 Aug: Tollygunj Club, Kolkata - Invitational Bridge Tournament 31 Aug – 3 Sep: Inter State & Junior Bridge Championship, Anushakti Nagar, Trombay, Mumbai 12 - 17 Sep: HCL International Bridge Tournament, Hotel Mariott, New Delhi 12 - 15 Oct: All India Kr. Murli Manohar Memorial Tournament, Boat House Club, Nainital 02 - 05 Nov: National Masters Bridge Championship - Venue yet to finalize 09 - 11 Nov Ashok Kapur Tournament 23 Nov – 03 Dec: NABC Fall Championships, San Diego, CA 2nd week Dec Winter Nationals - Venue yet to be finalized

(Based on information received through e-mails from organizers and BFI web site. Those interested to participate in any tournament should contact the tournament organizers for confirmation before planning their trip).


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From the Desk of Chief Tournament Director Zero Tolerance Policy of WBF is enforced Adhere strictly to the timings as published or announced Smoking and Use of Mobile or any Electronic aid is strictly Forbidden. Penalty 1

VP in team Event and one-fourth of of Board in Pairs Event Each Partner must have duly filled Convention card at the table (Failure will

render the pair liable for adverse inference by the TD if so deemed fit by him) Count the Cards before play and return only the original cards to the board after

play. Don’t touch other players cards even after having played a board Always lead faced down and avoid out of turn lead penalty Before making a call ensure that it is your turn to bid It’s your moral duty to report, if you see anyone using his phone or smoking Please leave the board in the centre of table in the correct direction during the

play. This will ensure that the boards are not switched. Be polite to everyone.

No Smoking

Consumption of liquor and Smoking is strictly prohibited within the Playing & Scoring area. Any player or team official smoking in these areas will attract strict penalties.

No Mobile Phones Use of Mobile telephones is prohibited in the playing area, while the play session is on.

IMPORTANT FOR PLAYERS

Please note that the Bridgemate Scores are the official scores, hence please compare and confirm your scores with the official result displayed on the screen, before leaving the playing arena.

BBO Schedule Live Vu-graph of the Tolani Gold Trophy will be available on BBO as per the following Schedule: 18th June 2017: 1530 to 2030 Hrs - Pre-QFs – 3 sessions of 10 boards each 19th June 2017: 1000 to 1830 Hrs – Quarter- Finals in 4 Sessions (12 boards each) 20th June 2017: 1000 to 1900 Hrs – Semi- Finals in 4 Sessions (14 boards each) 21st June 2017: 1000 to 1830 Hrs – Finals in 4 Sessions (14 boards each)

SOME IMPORTANT LOCAL CONTACTS OF ORGANISERS Mr. Surya Reddi (organising Secretary): 9422944133

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Daily Bulletins & Results of 7th Tolani Summer National Bridge Championship 2017 @ http://www.bridgewebs.com/summernationals/

You can also access the site through the “Summer Nationals” quick link on the www.bfi.net.in

7th TOLANI SUMMER NATIONAL BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 17th to 21st June 2017

Tournament Schedule IMPORTANT: The time schedules are subject to change, before or during these championships, at the discretion of the Tournament Committee in consultation with the CTD. The proposed format is based on minimum of 30 teams in GOLD & SILVER events. It may get modified by Tournament Committee, in case of less than 30 teams in any of the event. June 17 0800 – 0930 Hrs. Registration

0915 - 0945 Hrs. Inauguration 1000 – 1300 Hrs. Tolani Gold & Silver – R1 & R2 of Swiss League – 10 boards 1400 – 1645 Hrs. Tolani Gold & Silver – R3 & R4 of Swiss League – 10 boards 1700 – 1945 Hrs. Tolani Gold & Silver – R5 & R6 of Swiss League – 10 boards

June 18 1000 – 1300 Hrs. Tolani Gold & Silver – R7 & R8 of Swiss League – 10 boards 1400 – 1515 Hrs. Tolani Gold & Silver – R9 of Swiss League – 10 boards (After 9 Rounds, the TOP 16 Teams in both GOLD & SILVER events to qualify for Pre-QFs KO of 30 Boards to be played in 3 sessions. Draw will be as per SCoC)

1530 – 2030 Hrs. Tolani Gold & Silver Pre-QFs (3 segments of 10 Boards) (1 Vs 16, 2 Vs 15 and so on till 8 Vs 9)

1530 – 2015 Hrs. PATTON Teams for non-qualifiers of Tolani Gold / Silver June 19 1000 – 1800 Hrs. Tolani Gold QFs – 4 Segments of 12 boards each

1000 – 1415 Hrs. Tolani Silver QFs – 3 Segments of 10 boards each 1530 – 1945 Hrs. Tolani Silver SFs – 3 Segments of 10 boards each 1000 – 1300 Hrs: IMP Pairs Elimination – 1 – Session – 1 of 18/20/22 Boards 1400 – 1700 Hrs: IMP Pairs Elimination – 1 – Session – 2 of 18/20/22 Boards Pairs from Tolani Silver (Losing QFs) will enter 3rd session with pre-assigned score. 1715 – 2015 Hrs: IMP Pairs Elimination – 1 – Session – 3 of 18/20/22 Boards

June 20 1000 – 1900 Hrs. Tolani Gold SFs (4*14 Boards) 1000 – 1900 Hrs. Tolani Silver Finals / Play-Offs (4*14 Boards) Pairs of Losing Tolani Gold QFs & Tolani Silver SFs enter the IMP pairs in Flight - A 1015 – 1300 Hrs: IMP Pairs, Flight “A” - Elim – 2 – Session – 1 of 18/20/22 Boards 1015 – 1300 Hrs: IMP Pairs, Flight “B” – Play-off Session – 1 of 18/20/22 Boards 1400 – 1700 Hrs: IMP Pairs, Flight “A” - Elim – 2 – Session – 2 of 18/20/22 Boards 1400 – 1700 Hrs: IMP Pairs, Flight “B” - Play-off Session – 2 of 18/20/22 Boards 1715 – 2030 Hrs: IMP Pairs, Flight “A” - Elim – 2 – Session – 3 of 18/20/22 Boards 1715 – 2030 Hrs: IMP Pairs, Flight “B” - Play-off Session – 3 of 18/20/22 Boards

June 21 1000 – 1830 Hrs. Tolani Gold Finals (4*14 Boards) 1000 – 1630 Hrs. Tolani Gold Play-off (3*14 Boards) Pairs of Losing Tolani Silver Final & Play-off enter the IMP Pairs final. 0930 – 1800 Hrs. IMP Pairs Final (2 / 3 Sessions) 0930 – 1800 Hrs. Match Point Pairs for non-qualifiers 1800 Hrs. Prize Distribution Ceremony

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