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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeK 9 2
  2. heartK 9 3
  3. diamondA Q 6
  4. club9 8 6 4
  1. spadeQ J 10
  2. heartQ 8 7 4
  3. diamond9 5
  4. clubJ 10 3 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 5 6 4 5 6
S 5 6 4 5 6
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade8 7 5 3
  2. heartJ 6 2
  3. diamondJ 8 4 2
  4. club7 5

Contract: 6NT
Declarer: South
Lead: spadeQ
  1. spadeA 6 4
  2. heartA 10 5
  3. diamondK 10 7 3
  4. clubA K Q
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
2NT*
Pass 6NT Pass Pass
Pass

* 20-22, balanced

Declarer's play relied on East starting with just three hearts. If East had one heart more and one spade fewer then he would have been able to cash a long heart. As it was, the defenders had precisely the right shape to enable declarer to bring off his unusual squeeze.

Result: North-South +990
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