Full Confession

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ 8 3
  2. heartJ 8 5
  3. diamondQ J 7 2
  4. clubA 10 9
  1. spadeJ 9 6 5 2
  2. heart4 3
  3. diamondK 10 8 3
  4. club7 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 3 - 2 1
S - 3 - 2 1
E 2 - - - -
W 2 - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade10
  2. heartA Q 9 7 2
  3. diamond5
  4. clubK Q J 6 3 2

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: heart4
  1. spadeA K 7 4
  2. heartK 10 6
  3. diamondA 9 6 4
  4. club8 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart 1NT
Pass 3NT Pass Pass
Pass
What happened next was that declarer took his eye off the ball. Needing only three diamond tricks, he should play ace and another diamond. South actually crossed to dummy with spadeQ and led diamondQ. Winning with the king, West switched to a club - won by East with the jack. Another heart was won by South, West ditching a spade, and declarer confidently cashed diamondA. When East discarded a club, suddenly nine tricks had become eight, but fortunately the distribution was such that he could still succeed. Declarer cashed all his black suit winners and end-played West with a fourth round of spades to force him to lead away from diamond10.

South was lucky to get away with it, but purged his sins with a full confession afterwards.
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