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Bangladesh wins the BFAME OPEN Teams Championship

Bangladesh beat India today in the final of the Open Teams event of the 20th BFAME Championships to win the coveted Zakaria Adamjee Memorial Trophy, the symbol of BFAME supremacy.

The final was played in 2 sets of 12 boards each. India had a carryover of 6 IMPs. In the 1st set Bangladesh had better of the Indian team winning the set by 16 IMPs (32-16). They kept the pressure in the 2nd set as well, winning it by 4 IMPs (28-24) and the match by 14 IMPs (60-46). Heartiest Congratulations to the Winners.

The Winning Bangladesh team is represented by Zahir Abdullah Al (NPC), Ahasan Md. Rashedul, Chowdhury M. Asifur Rahman, Haque Shah Zia-Ul, Islam Mohammad Monirul, Kamruzzaman A.H.M, Quddus M A and Rahman Md Moshiur

The Indian team is represented by Debasish Ray (NPC), Anirudh Bhattacharya, Dipak Santra, Keyzad Anklesaria, Kirubakara Moorthy NR, Rajeshwar Tewari, Uttam Gupta.

Both Bangladesh and India open teams will represent Zone-4 in the Bermuda Bowl 2019 to be held at Wuhan, China in September 2019. We hope that both the teams will do their best to keep the Zone-4 flag flying in the Bermuda Bowl.

See detailed results on page 2.

Pakistan wins the BFAME WOMEN Teams Championship

The 24-board final of the Women Teams event was played today between India & Pakistan to determine the Winner of the Women Teams in the BFAME Championships 2019.

India started the match with a carryover of 6 IMPs. Pakistan took a strong lead in the match by comfortably winning the 1st set by 49 Imps (59-10). They further tightened the screws on their opponents by winning the 2nd set by 10 IMPs (27-17) and the match by 53 IMPs (86-33) to win the coveted Vinodini Goenka Trophy. Heartiest Congratulations to the Winners.

The Winning Pakistan team is represented by Rubina Agha (Captain), Qudsia Dosa, Rubina Saeed Hai, Shahnaz Pirzada, Fatime Raza, Najm Abid.

The Indian team is represented by Subhash Gupta (NPC), Alka Kshirsagar, Asha Sharma, Meenal Thakur, Nikita Kamal, Puja Batra and Rupa Bakeri.

Both India & Pakistan qualify for the Venice Cup 2019 from Zone-4.

We wish both the teams to do well at Wuhan, China in September 2019.

See detailed result on page 3.

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The Winners of Open Teams

Team BANGLADESH

Heartiest Congratulations for Winning the BFAME OPEN Teams Championship 2019 for Zakaria Adamjee Memorial Trophy

Team Bangladesh

OPEN TEAMS - FINALS (2*12 Boards)

Teams Boards TOTAL CO 1-12 13-24 PEN

INDIA 6 16 24 46

BANGLADESH 0 32 28 60

Do you intend to Participate in the Jordan Bridge Festival? For Information on JBF, please contact:

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The Jordan Bridge Federation would like to thank all the participants, officials for their co-operation in making these Championships a great Success. Special thanks to the Jordan Olympic Committee for their support for this event. Thank you one and all. We wish you a safe journey home. Hope to see many of you in the Jordan Festival.

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The Winners of Women Teams

Team PAKISTAN

Heartiest Congratulations for Winning the BFAME WOMEN Teams Championship 2019 for Vinodini Goenka Trophy

WOMEN TEAMS - FINALS (2*12 Boards)

Teams Boards TOTAL CO 1-12 13-24 PEN

INDIA 6 10 17 33

PAKISTAN 0 59 27 86

Results & Daily Bulletins of 20th BFAME BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS @ http://www.bridgewebs.com/bfame/

On Line Running Scores: bridgeduniya.com/tournaments/1340/2724/.

Enter Line-up: www.toygarabi.com

Check the line-ups (New Links for the Finals) Open : http://www.toygarabi.com/tables.aspx?t=338&id=1 Women : http://www.toygarabi.com/tables.aspx?t=341&id=1 Seniors : http://www.toygarabi.com/tables.aspx?t=339&id=1 Mixed : http://www.toygarabi.com/tables.aspx?t=340&id=1

Detailed Results: Clubs.vugraph.com/BFAME/calendar.php

From L to R: Najm Abid, Qudsia Dosa, Rubina Agha (Captain), Fatima Raza, Rubina Saeed Hai and Shahnaz Pirzada,

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UAE wins the BFAME SENIORS Teams Championship

UAE beat India in the 24-board final of the Seniors Teams event in the 20th BFAME Championships to win the coveted Nawzad Shaker Trophy.

India started with a carryover of 6 IMPs, but UAE had better of the Indian team winning the 1st set by 16 IMPs (33-17). They continued their dominance in the 2nd set as well, winning the set by a comfortable margin of 25 IMPs (33-8) and the match by 35 IMPs (66-31). Heartiest Congratulations to the Winners.

The winning UAE team is represented by Ahmed Al Midfaa, Darshan Valrani, Akiel Madi, Wael Al Agamawi, Huamyun Sumar, Nermeen Noorani.

The Indian team is represented by Anal Shah (Coach), Dipak Poddar (Captain), JITENDRA SOLANI, RAMAMURTHY SRIDHARAN, SUBHASH DHAKRAS, SUKAMAL DAS, SUBRATA SAHA..

Both India and UAE Senior teams will represent Zone-4 in the d’Orsi Cup 2019 to be held at Wuhan, China in September 2019.

We hope that both the teams will do their best to keep the Zone-4 flag flying in the World Championship.

India wins the BFAME MIXED Teams Championship

The 24-board final of the Mixed Teams event was played today between India & Pakistan to determine the Winner of the Mixed Teams in the BFAME Championships 2019.

India started the match with a carryover of 6 IMPs. After a good tussle between both the teams, Pakistan won the 1st set by a meagre 1 IMP (12-11) to reduce their deficit at half way stage of the match to 5 IMPs only. However, in the 2nd set India tightened the screws on their opponents and won it comfortably by 38 IMPs (52-14) and the match by 43 IMPs (69-26) to win the Mazhar Jafri Trophy. Heartiest Congratulations to the Winners.

The Indian team is represented by Ramratnam Krishnan (NPC), Bharati Dey, Bindiya Naidoo, Himani Khandelwal, Priya Ranjan Sinha, Rajeev Khandelwal and Sujit Kumar Basu.

The Pakistan Team is represented by Ahsan Qureshi (Captain), Nilofar Aslam, Zia Hyder Naqvi, Rehana Saigol, Fehmida Sarfraz and Saeed Uz Zafar Shah.

Both INDIA & PAKISTAN teams will represent Zone-4 in the Mixed Trophy Cup 2019, to be held at Wuhan, China in September 2019.

We hope that both the teams will do their best to keep the Zone-4 flag flying in the World Championship.

SENIOR TEAMS - FINALS (2*12 Boards)

Teams Boards TOTAL CO 1-12 13-24 PEN

INDIA 6 17 8 31

UAE 0 33 33 66

MIXED TEAMS - FINALS (2*12 Boards)

Teams Boards TOTAL CO 1-12 13-24 PEN

INDIA 6 11 52 69

PAKISTAN 0 12 14 26

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The Winners of SENIORS Teams Team UAE

Heartiest Congratulations for Winning the BFAME SENIOR Teams Championship 2019 for Nawzad Shaker Trophy

The Winners of MIXED Teams Team INDIA

Heartiest Congratulations for Winning the BFAME MIXED Teams Championship 2019 for Mazhar Jafri Trophy

From L to R: Huamyun Sumar, Nermeen Noorani, Ahmed Al Midfaa,

Wael Al Agamawi, Akiel Madi

From L to R: Himani Khandelwal, Rajeev Khandelwal, Bharati Dey, Ramratnam Krishnan (NPC), Priya Ranjan Sinha, Bindiya Naidoo and Sujit Kumar Basu.

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The Runners-Up of Open Teams TEAM INDIA

The Runners-Up of Women Teams TEAM INDIA

From L to R: Dipak Santra, Uttam Gupta, Rajeshwar Tewari, Debasish Ray (NPC), Keyzad Anklesaria, Kirubakara Moorthy NR, Anirudh Bhattacharya (not in picture)

From L to R: Alka Kshirsagar, Nikita Kamal, Rupa Bakeri, Subhash Gupta (NPC), Meenal Thakur, Asha Sharma and Puja Batra

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The Runners-Up of Seniors Teams - TEAM INDIA

From L to R: SUBHASH DHAKRAS, JITENDRA SOLANI, ANAL SHAH (Coach), DIPAK PODDAR (Captain), SUKAMAL DAS, SUBRATA SAHA, RAMAMURTHY SRIDHARAN

BUTLER SCORE OF FINAL

Rank Player Boards Played

2 Matches

IMP Overall

IMP Average

IMP Rank Player Boards Played

2 Matches

IMP Overall

IMP Average

IMP

1 FATIMA RAZA 24/24 71 2.96 22 SUKMALA DAS 24/12 -6 -0.5

2 RUBINA AGHA 24/24

71 2.96

23 HAQUE SHAH ZIA-UL 24/24 -20 -17 -0.71

3 HIMANI KHANDELWAL 24/24 33 42 1.75 24 ZIA HYDER NAQI 24/24 -11 -20 -0.83

4 R. KHANDELWAL 24/24 33 42 1.75 25 SUJIT KUMAR BASU 24/12 -10 -0.83

5 AKIEL MADI 24/24 20 36 1.5

26 NELOFAR ASLAM 24/24 -11 -20 -0.83

6 KAMRUZZAMAN A H M 24/12 18 18 1.5 27 BHARATI DEY 24/12 -10 -0.83

7 WAEL AL AGAMAWI 24/24 20 36 1.5 28 FEHMIDA SARFRAZ 24/24 -33 -23 -0.96

8 MD MOSHIUR RAHMAN 24/24 18 33 1.38 29 AHSAN QURESHI 24/24 -33 -23 -0.96

9 PRIYA RANJAN SINHA 24/12 11 11 0.92 30 DIPAK PODDAR 24/24 -8 -24 -1

10 BINDIYA NAIDOO 24/12 11 11 0.92 31 JITENDRA SOLANI 24/24 -8 -24 -1

11 NAJM ABID 24/24 -9 14 0.58 32 KIRUBAKARAMOORTHY NR 24/12 -18 -18 -1.5

12 NERMEEN QASIM 24/24 8 14 0.58 33 ALKA KSHIRSAGAR 24/24 9 -36 -1.5

13 HUAMYUN SUMAR 24/24 8 14 0.58 34 UTTAM GUPTA 24/12 -18 -18 -1.5

14 SHAHNAZ PIRZADA 24/24 -9 14 0.58 35 RUPA BAKERI 24/24 9 -36 -1.5

15 ISLAM MOHAMMAD MONIRUL

24/12 3 0.25 36 SUBHASH DHAKRAS 24/12 -20 -20 -1.67

16 KEYZAD ANKLESARIA 24/24 20 5 0.21 37 RAMAMURTHY

SRIDHARAN 24/12 -20 -20 -1.67

17 RAJESHWAR TEWARI 24/24 20 5 0.21 38 MEENAL THAKUR 24/12 -23 -1.92

18 AHASAN MD RASHEDUL

24/24 -20 -5 -0.21

39 NIKITA KAMAL 24/12

-23 -1.92

19 ANIRUDH BHATTACHARYA 24/12 -3 -0.25 40 PUJA BATRA 24/12 -26 -26 -2.17

20 DIPAK SANTRA 24/12 -3 -0.25 41 ASHA SHARMA 24/12 -26 -26 -2.17

21 SUBRATA SAHA 24/12 -6 -0.5

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Open Room: BANGLADESH

N –Md Moshiur Rahman S - Ahasan Md. Rashedul

INDIA E– Keyzad Anklesaria W – Rajeshwar Tewari

Closed Room: INDIA

N – Deepak Santra S – Anirudh Bhattacharya

BANGLADESH E - Haque Shah Zia-Ul W - Islam Mohammad Monirul

Board 1, Dlr: North, Vul: None

8 QJT6 8653 JT73

QT942 K942 KT 85

J65 A83 QJ42 962

AK73 75 A97 AKQ4

Open Room: West North East South Pass Pass 2D Pass 2S Pass 2NT All Pass

In the open room, South’s 2D was multi showing either weak in majors or balanced 19-20. North’s 2S showed that he is ready to play up to 3H but when South showed his balanced 19-20 HCPs, he passed. West led a spade and over East’s Jack declarer won with the SA and returned a heart. East won the Ace and played back a spade. South took this trick as well and played back another heart. Now he was safe as he had entry in clubs to take one trick in hearts. 8 tricks were duly made. In the closed room, NS were in 3NT. There was no 9th trick available for declarer and that allowed Bangladesh to open their account with 5 IMPs.

Board 2, Dlr: East, Vul: NS

A74 AK4 93 JT975

K9863 Q Q876 AQ8

QJ52 JT7 JT5 643

T 986532 AK43 K2

Open Room: West North East South Pass Pass 1S Pass 1NT Pass 2D Pass 2S All Pass

Closed Room: West North East South Pass 2H 2S 4H 4S Pass Pass DBL All Pass In open room, the lead was CJ and South played the King and declarer won with the Ace and played a low spade. North had another chance of winning with Ace and playing on diamonds to take a ruff, but he played small and now there was only one loser each in spade, heart and club and 2 diamond losers and the contract was made.

In closed room, South’s pre-emptive took its toll on the opponents, when in competition they reached 4S, which was duly doubled for 2 down and India got back 9 IMPs. It was interesting to note that if played correctly, 4H will make for NS.

Board 6, Dlr: East, Vul: EW

K54 QJ74 Q862 84

73 KT83 A7 QJT63

86 92 T9543 AK75

AQJT92 A65 KJ 92

In open room, the Bangladesh NS correctly stopped in 3S, whereas the Indian NS in closed room tried 4S, which had chance only if heart finesse is working. That was not to be and it was a gain of 5 IMPs to Bangladesh.

Board 7, Dlr: South, Vul: All

T74 8 AK86 AJT52

865 T32 JT942 K4

K93 AKQ9 Q53 875

AQJ2 J7654 7 Q93

Open Room: West North East South Pass Pass 1C DBL 1H 2D Pass Pass DBL Pass 3C All Pass

Closed Room: West North East South Pass Pass 1D DBL RDBL Pass Pass 1H DBL Pass 2C All Pass

OPEN TEAMS – FINAL – SESSION 1 (BANGLADESH Vs. INDIA)

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Was

In the open room, the bidding was normal and NS reached the optimum contract of 3C, which as the cards are placed was made with 3 overtricks.

In the closed room, there was a chance for NS to shine. South showed his maximum passed hand by re-doubling and could bid 2NT or 3NT, knowing that the major suits are well covered. 3NT makes without problems but South has to consider partner’s opening in the 3rd seat, which can be weak and hence passed. There was no swing on the board.

Board 8, Dlr: West, Vul: None

3 T75 982 KQJT64

AJ65 K32 KT7 973

T9872 AQJ96 Q65

KQ4 84 AJ43 A852

Open Room: West North East South Pass 3C Pass Pass All Pass North pre-empted and it was surprising to see East taking no action with his 5-5 in majors. West with a flat 4-3-3-3 hand could not take the risk of bidding and the declarer had easy time in making 9 tricks in clubs, losing a spade, 2 hearts and a diamond. The diamond loser going on the SK.

Closed Room: West North East South Pass Pass 1S Pass 2C(1) DBL 3S Pass 4S All Pass In the closed room, North did not make the pre-emptive bid in club and it was East who struck gold when he opened with 9 HCPs with his 5-5 in majors. West now showed his spade support by bidding 2C (drury) and EW reached the 4S contract.

South led the CA and declarer ruffed and played S10 and let it run. Next came a low diamond and South had to duck that as playing Ace wouldn’t have helped. Spade Ace was cashed and now declarer played on the hearts. Defenders could have ruffed the 3rd heart and cash the DA but when that was not done there were 12 tricks. That was a gain of 11 IMPs to Bangladesh.

Board 9, Dlr: North, Vul: EW

A9876 AK76 K K96

42 T32 AQ97 7432

JT5 J8 J32 QJT85

KQ3 Q954 T8654 A

Open Room:

West North East South 1S Pass 1NT Pass 3H Pass 4C Pass 4D Pass 4NT Pass 5D Pass 6H All Pass

Closed Room:

West North East South 1S Pass 1NT Pass 2H Pass 4H All Pass

In the open room, NS bid the hand well to reach the cold slam in hearts. The key bid was by South, when he bid 4C showing heart fit and mild slam interest. When North made a cue of diamond, South enquired the Key cards and bid the heart slam. There was nothing to play as there is only one diamond loser. In closed room, NS were happy to be in 4H making the same 12 tricks. That was 11 IMPs gain to Bangladesh.

Board 11, Dlr: South, Vul: None

A752 JT92 8752 K

963 7643 64 9743

JT Q85 AQT3 AQT8

KQ84 AK KJ9 J652

Open Room:

West North East South 1NT Pass 2C DBL 2S All Pass

West led the D6 and East won with Ace and returned a diamond. South not sure whether to finesse or not, put the King as he was in 2S only. He made 9 tricks for +140.

Closed Room:

West North East South 1NT Pass 2C DBL 2S Pass 4S All Pass

In the closed room, the Indian NS bid to game and here again the lead was D6 and East after winning returned the diamond. As the declarer was in 4S, he finessed and was rewarded when it worked. He took out 2 rounds of trumps, cashed top hearts and went to dummy with SA and played the HJ. When the queen fell, he was home, ruffing one club in dummy and discarding one club on H10.

BANGLADESH won the match by 32-16.

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DEFENSIVE TECHNIQUES IN BRIDGE PLAYING Examples Compiled and presented by Mazhar Jafri

EXAMPLE 7: Leading the declarer astray

5 4 A T 9 3 2 K 4 3 T 9 5

T 6 3 J 5 4 Q J T 9 6 K J

Vul: None, Lead: Q

West North East South 1S Pass 1NT Pass 3C Pass 3H Pass 3S Pass 4S All Pass

West’s queen of diamonds takes the trick, so does the jack. South ruffs the third diamond, cashes three top spades (partner follows) and leads the heart queen. Partner wins with the king and switches to a small club; declarer wins with the ace. What is defender’s plan?

SOLUTION No time to think! South has five spade tricks, a club and, after successfully finessing against the jack, four hearts. Therefore, let West play the king of clubs to the ace, not minding the consequences. At worst, we are only giving up one overtrick.

Full hand

5 4 A T 9 3 2 K 4 3 T 9 5

T 6 3 J 5 4 Q J T 9 6 K J

9 8 7 K 7 6 A 8 5 7 6 3 2

A K Q J 2 Q 8 7 2 A Q 8 4

Provided West plays the king without any hesitation, declarer will no doubt prefer the “sure” club finesse to uncertain one in hearts.

We take this opportunity to thank all the participants, officials for their co-operation in making these Championships a great Success. THANK YOU ONE AND ALL. We wish you a safe journey home. See you all again in 2021.

- Bahjat Al Majali, President, BFAME