A Difficult Defence

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA 7 5 3
  2. heart3 2
  3. diamond—
  4. clubK J 9 7 6 5 3
  1. spadeQ 8 6
  2. heartJ 6 4
  3. diamondJ 9 5 4 3 2
  4. club4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 - - 1 -
S 3 - - 1 -
E - 3 1 - -
W - 3 2 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 9 4
  2. heartA K 10 8
  3. diamondQ 8 7
  4. clubA 8 2

Contract: 3NTT
Declarer: South
Lead: diamond4
  1. spadeJ 10 2
  2. heartQ 9 7 5
  3. diamondA K 10 6
  4. clubQ 10
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1heart* 1NT Dble
2club~ Pass 2diamond Pass
Pass 3club Pass 3NT
Pass Pass Pass#

*spades, 9-14
~diamonds
#unhappy!!

The diamond lead runs to East's queen and declarer's ace, dummy having ditched a spade. Declarer plays queen and ten of clubs and East wins the third round. How should East plan the defence? Well, the answer is not the way she did at the table, which was cash the two top hearts and exit with a small spade.
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