An Everyday Whale

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade3
  2. heart10
  3. diamond9 3
  4. clubA Q 10 9 8 6 5 4 3
  1. spade9 8 7 4
  2. heart3 2
  3. diamondK 8 4
  4. clubK J 7 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 5 2 5 1 5
S 5 2 5 1 5
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 10 6 5 2
  2. heartJ 7 4
  3. diamondJ 10 7 6 2
  4. club—

Contract: 6heartx
Declarer: South
Lead: club2
  1. spadeA K Q
  2. heartA K Q 9 8 6 5
  3. diamondA Q 5
  4. club—
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 5club Pass 6heart
Pass Pass Dble Pass
Pass Pass
Do you blame East for his Lightner double or West for leading club2? Hardly! Declarer knew why East had doubled and put in club10. East ruffed and South over-ruffed. Two rounds of spades were cashed and a diamond discarded from dummy. Ace and another diamond, ruffed, were followed by clubA to guarantee the contract. Even if the trumps had been 5-0 originally East would have to sacrifice his trump trick or allow South to ditch diamondQ. North-South + 1210.

What about Kirchoff's 6club? That was the inevitable one off for it was impossible to stop West from winning two trumps tricks. For info, the datum score for North South on the board was +660
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