Saturday, 16 Mar 2024 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Palo Alto Bridge Center

432 Stierlin Rd

Mountain View, CA 94043

IITMAANA Bay Area Chapter

Bridge Tournament 2024

IITMAANA Bay Area Chapter hosted the IITMAANA Bridge Tournament on March 16. This event gave all players and spectators an opportunity to find other bridge enthusiasts who they can meet and socialize with as opportunities arise.

Nagesh Vempaty (IITM 1986) came with his 90+ year-old Mother, who played in a few boards.

IITMAANA expresses its sincere gratitude to Dinesh Nettar for his efforts in organizing this event and being the Director.

He spent a lot of time post-event compiling scores and verifying them for the final report.

Tournament details:

Teams:

1. Bhava Nelakanti and Sundar Seshadri (FIRST)

2. Shrikant Joshi and Sandhya Vora

3. Ravi Ravichandran and Srini Srinivasan

4. Suresh Balsubramani and Padma Balsubramani

5. Prashanth Sriram and Shankar Iyer / Mike Cervellino (SECOND)

6. Surya Satyavolu and Prasanth Tanikella

7. Mani Ayyar and Nitin Barve / Subbalakshmi Vempaty

8. Nagesh Vempaty and Rajiv Ramaswami

9. Yeturu Aahlad and Kalyan Muthukumar

10. Prasad Nallamothu and Jayant Ishwar (THIRD)

Format: Howell Movement of 5 tables, 9 rounds of 2 boards each, Match Points

Director: Dinesh Nettar

Kibitzers: Sucheta Nallamothu, Naren Nayak

Here are photos taken at the event.