One For the Technicians Amongst You

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ 8 4
  2. heartJ 7 6 3
  3. diamond7 5
  4. clubA J 10 5
  1. spadeJ 9 6 5
  2. heartA Q
  3. diamondQ J 8 3
  4. club9 6 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 6 4 - - 2
S 6 4 - - 2
E - - 2 3 -
W - - 2 3 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 10 7 3 2
  2. heart10 9 8 5 4 2
  3. diamond6
  4. club7

Contract: 6club
Declarer: South
Lead: spade5
  1. spadeA
  2. heartK
  3. diamondA K 10 9 4 2
  4. clubK Q 8 4 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond
Pass 1heart Pass 2club
Pass 3club Pass 4NT
Pass 5diamond Pass 6club
Pass Pass Pass
In that case you must cash diamondAK before playing any more trumps. If the diamonds break kindly, you draw the last trump, ruff a diamond and claim.

If East shows out on the second diamond you ruff a third in the dummy, return to hand with a spade ruff and establish the diamonds with a final diamond ruff using dummy's last trump. Returning to hand with another spade ruff, you can draw West's remaining trump and cash your last two diamond tricks. The only trick that the defence makes is the last one.

I suspect that almost everyone would have solved this problem correctly .... except if it had occurred at the table!
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