Innocuous But Difficult

Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Rubber

  1. spade
  2. heartA 10 9 5
  3. diamondJ 9 8 6
  4. clubK 5
Green square in centre

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: spade2

  1. spade9 8
  2. heartK Q 3
  3. diamond5
  4. clubA 10 7 3
West North East South
Pass
Pass 1diamond Pass 2NT
Pass 3NT Pass Pass
Pass
The diagram shows declarer and dummy after trick three. Cohen returned to hand with heartK and duly took the diamond finesse. East won with the king and West cashed two spade winners - giving dummy a discard problem. Not wishing to sacrifice any chances in the red suits, Cohen ditched a small club from dummy, but when West continued with the heartJ declarer had a communication predicament to which there was no solution, destined to be marooned from a winner.
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