Admirable Composure

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade9
  2. heart
  3. diamond8
  4. club
  1. spadeJ 6
  2. heart
  3. diamond
  4. club
Green square in centre
  1. spade
  2. heartJ 7
  3. diamond
  4. club

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: South
Lead: diamondK
  1. spade
  2. heart6 2
  3. diamond
  4. club
West North East South
2diamond* Dble
Pass 3club Pass 3spade
Pass 4spade Pass 6spade
Pass Pass Pass

* Weak

When South led a heart at trick 12 there was nothing that West could do to prevent dummy from winning the vital twelfth trick with the spade9. This relatively uncommon manoeuvre by South is called the "Coup en Passant", named after the analogous play in chess.
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