Best Line But Not Obvious

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Rubber
  1. spadeA K Q
  2. heartK J
  3. diamondA K 7 6 3
  4. clubK 5 4
  1. spadeJ 10 2
  2. heart10 8 3
  3. diamondQ J
  4. clubQ 10 8 7 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 4 - 6 5
S 3 4 - 6 -
E - - 4 - -
W - - 4 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade—
  2. heartA Q 9 7 6 5 4 2
  3. diamond10 9 8 2
  4. clubJ

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: South
Lead: diamondQ
  1. spade9 8 7 6 5 4 3
  2. heart—
  3. diamond5 4
  4. clubA 9 6 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
3spade
Pass 6spade Pass Pass
Pass
The best line is to duck the opening lead! West switches to a trump, and so declarer pulls all the trumps and establishes the diamonds by playing diamondAK and another, ruffing in hand. The clubK is the necessary entry for the winning diamond, so declarer makes seven trumps, three diamonds and two clubs.

The secret is to exchange an early loser for a two later ones. If declarer tries to establish them without drawing trumps he is over-ruffed, and if he does draw them he no longer has enough entries.
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