O Level Bridge

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Rubber
  1. spadeK 10 9 8
  2. heartK 9 8
  3. diamond6 5 3
  4. club10 9 6
Green square in centre

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: diamondQ
  1. spadeQ 3
  2. heartA 6 3
  3. diamondA K 7 4 2
  4. clubA K Q
West North East South
2NT
Pass 3NT Pass Pass
Pass
If you decide to play the queen first, as you would normally do with a doubleton honour opposite a four card suit, East may duck with a holding of AJx(xxx). She would then win the next spade and because you had only one more entry to the dummy, you could not both establish the winner and get over to cash it.

No, the solution is to force the defenders to take their tricks while you still have communication. To this end, lead the spade3 at trick two and insert a low card from dummy.
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