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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK 10
  2. heart
  3. diamond10 6
  4. clubA
  1. spadeQ 9
  2. heart
  3. diamondA J 9
  4. club
Green square in centre
  1. spade
  2. heart
  3. diamondQ 8 7
  4. clubQ 9

Contract: 6heart
Declarer: South
Lead: club2
  1. spade
  2. heart5
  3. diamondK 5
  4. club10 5
West North East South
1spade Pass 2heart
Pass 3heart Pass 4NT*
Pass 5club~ Dble 6heart
Pass Pass Pass

* Roman Blackwood
~ 0 or 3 aces

When I showed the N-S cards to Sally as a single dummy problem on a the back of a bit of scrap paper, she immediately spotted an elegant solution that I had completely overlooked. This was the five card ending.

Instead of crossing to dummy at this stage, Sally pointed out that I should have cashed the last trump and led a club to dummy - strip squeezing West. To discard a spade gives dummy two spade tricks, so West has to ditch a diamond. Leading a diamond fom dummy now end-plays West to lead a spade and allows finesse of the spade10. If West sees what's coming and jettisons the diamondA, East is squeezed on the spadeK for an overtrick.
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