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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade8 4 3
  2. heartA 3 2
  3. diamond9 4
  4. clubA K Q J 5
  1. spadeQ 10 9 7
  2. heart5
  3. diamondA K J 8 6 2
  4. club7 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 - 3 1 1
S 2 - 3 1 1
E - 3 - - -
W - 3 - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK J
  2. heartK 9 7 4
  3. diamondQ 10 3
  4. club10 8 6 2

Contract: 3heart
Declarer: South
Lead: diamondA
  1. spadeA 6 5 2
  2. heartQ J 10 8 6
  3. diamond7 5
  4. club9 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club Pass 1heart
2diamond 2heart Pass Pass
2spade Pass 3diamond 3heart
Pass Pass Pass
East won the heartK and returned the spadeJ which West overtook with the queen. After cashing the spade10, on which her partner threw a club, she continued with the nine. To avoid losing a ruff to a small trump, declarer ruffed high in dummy and continued with a trump to the jack. Unable to shorten his trumps to the same length as East, he had to concede a further trick to the heart9. -200.
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