The Luck Factor In Our Game

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade6 5
  2. heart8 5 4 3
  3. diamond10
  4. clubA Q 10 8 7 6
Green square in centre

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: South
Lead: heartQ
  1. spadeA K Q J 10
  2. heartK J
  3. diamond3 2
  4. club9 5 4 3
West North East South
Pass Pass 1heart 1spade
Pass 2club Pass 4spade
Pass Pass Pass
This is a very good "Pairs" contract. Difficult to reach, you would expect to score well with +620, so care is required. You must lose a diamond and a heart, so as long you can establish the club suit for the loss of a single trick, the contract should be safe. Any other possible snags? Yes indeed! You cannot afford to draw trumps before establishing the clubs because you will have two immediate diamond losers when East-West win their club trick. So what did Chagas, one of the world's elite, do?
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