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Welcome to Demicoma Bridge Academy.

This site is devoted to Bridge in general, and the DEMICOMA bidding system in particular. DEMICOMA Stands for DEstructive MInors COnstructive MAjors. Dr. Prakash K. Paranjape is the founder of the DEMICOMA bidding system and the chief architect of this website.

This is a new format. Please read the faq for more. 

Prakash plays o­n OKBridge and Bridge Base o­nline as PANJA. More information about PANJA is available in some of these faqs, for example, HERE is a list of major championship wins of Panja.


A two-dimensional problem (with solution part 1)

Posted by: admin on Sunday, April 13, 2008 - 03:09 AM
probsol 

IMP

Some problems are difficult in two dimensions. You have to get the winning play for the actual layout, and you also have to justify the rationale for expecting the actual layout!

Try your hand at the following problem.





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Working it out the hard way.

Posted by: admin on Saturday, March 22, 2008 - 03:59 PM
probsol 

IMP

When you are defending, it is important to build a picture of the Declarer's hand and act accordingly. Sometimes, you have to go through the line the Declarer is likely to take, and find the killing defense with a bit of extra effort. See if you can manage that on the following problem.





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How would you defend? why?

Posted by: admin on Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 07:02 PM
probsol 
One of my favourite bridge passtimes is to keep track of my own mistakes and try and find the reason behind each. Here is a hand where I should have found the right solution. I didn't....





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FORMIDABLES win the RUIA TROPHY

Posted by: admin on Monday, January 07, 2008 - 11:57 AM
indianews 

Formidables, the most successful Indian team in International Bridge, has finally won the RUIA TROPHY. Kiran Nadar, B. Satyanarayana, Sunit Chokshi, Subhash Gupta, K. Venkatraman, and Rajesh Dalal were the mebers of the winning team.





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A mind-blowing switch.

Posted by: admin on Saturday, January 05, 2008 - 06:47 AM
discussion 
Here is a deal from the second round of the second session. Avinash Gokhale and Sathe had been top of the list or nearby all through the first session. They were playing on the home ground,
PYC gymkhana Club, which after its renovation a couple of years ago, is easily one of the Top Class venues for a good bridge game. The location is smack in the center of the city, all the facilities are nearby, and the venue itself is spacious.




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Vu Graph at Bharuch Nationals cancelled.

Posted by: admin on Friday, January 04, 2008 - 09:39 AM
indianews 

The semi-final and final matches of the Ruia trophy were going to be shown on the VU Graph courtsey Bridge Base Online. As per the latest information we have, the VU graph has now been cancelled. The reason is concerns about 'Board Safety'. Wish you a very Happy and Prosperous year 1908.





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J M Lal memorial, Pairs, Session I, deal 04

Posted by: admin on Saturday, December 29, 2007 - 01:25 PM
probsol 
Last weekend, I played a face-to-face event after quite a while. Considering the gap, I expected to be a little 'slow'. Indeed, there were at least half a dozen deals where lack of tournament practice affected my game. Some of them were very interesting. Let us look at them. This was the fourth board we played. I was sitting South in the diagrammed deal, wherein the hands are rotated for the sake of convenience.



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First Step: What are the chances West holds the Heart Queen?

Posted by: admin on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 11:45 PM
probsol 
Should you follow your instincts? Should you listen to your inner voice at the Bridge table? When I analysed the following deal that I played recently, I realised that the answer wasn't a simple yes or no.



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Formidables vs. Indian Railway A

Posted by: admin on Sunday, December 10, 2006 - 12:41 AM
indianews 
Railway team wins the final of the Ruia Trophy today (Sunday, 10 Dec). Ruia Trophy elludes Formidables yet again.



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Pin-Drop? (With Solution).

Posted by: admin on Sunday, November 12, 2006 - 02:05 AM
probsol 
There was, as they would say, a pin-drop silence in the Vu Graph room as South pondered his next move in his 4 contract.



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