Christmas Double-dummy

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Double Dummy
  1. spadeA 4 3 2
  2. heart—
  3. diamondA J 8 2
  4. clubA K 4 3 2
  1. spade8
  2. heartK J 10 9 8 7 6 5 3
  3. diamond10 9 4
  4. club—
club diamond heart spade NT
N 4 2 - 3 3
S 4 2 - 3 3
E - - 1 - -
W - - 1 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q 10 9
  2. heart4
  3. diamondQ 7 6 5
  4. clubQ J 10 9

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: South

  1. spadeJ 7 6 5
  2. heartA Q 2
  3. diamondK 3
  4. club8 7 6 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
4heart Dble Pass 4spade
Pass Pass Pass
For a start, let's say West leads a heart. North ruffs(!) and leads a low spade. East wins and returns
i) a club. North ducks. If East continues clubs, South wins, establishes diamond8 by ruffing and crosses back to North to cash the diamond on which he throws a club. He then plays clubA, ruff a club to lead to the en passant ending A.
ii)spadeK. North wins and leads diamondJ to the queen and king and ruffs heartQ with North's last trump. East can only make two trumps and a club.
iii)spade10. South wins and establishes diamond8 by ruffing as before. A club is discarded and South ruffs a club also. spadeA is the tenth trick.
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