Innocuous But Difficult

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Rubber
  1. spadeA Q
  2. heartA 10 9 5
  3. diamondJ 9 8 6 3
  4. clubK 5
  1. spadeK 10 7 2
  2. heartJ 7
  3. diamondA 10 7 2
  4. club8 6 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 4 4 2 3
S 3 4 4 2 3
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 6 3
  2. heart8 6 4 2
  3. diamondK 4
  4. clubQ J 9 2

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: spade2
  1. spade9 8 5 4
  2. heartK Q 3
  3. diamondQ 5
  4. clubA 10 7 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass
Pass 1diamond Pass 2NT
Pass 3NT Pass Pass
Pass
Using Cohen's actual words: Suddenly I realised I had had a blind spot. After coming to hand with the heartK, it would cost nothing to play off the queen before taking the diamond finesse. When the jack appears there will be no need to hang on to two diamonds in the endgame. Cohen gave the hand to several other 'top guns' at TGR's and none of them got this one right. An innocuous looking hand - yet so difficult.
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