Not Everything You Read is Necessarily True

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA 10 2
  2. heartA
  3. diamondQ J 10 9 2
  4. clubA Q 10 5
  1. spade7 6 5
  2. heartJ 6 5 4 3
  3. diamondA K 3
  4. club6 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 5 1 4 2
S - 5 - 4 2
E 1 - - - -
W 1 - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade9 4
  2. heartK 10 9
  3. diamond8 5
  4. clubK J 9 7 4 3

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: South
Lead: diamondA
  1. spadeK Q J 8 3
  2. heartQ 8 7 2
  3. diamond7 6 4
  4. club8
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond Pass 1spade
Pass 2club Pass 2diamond
Pass 2spade Pass 4spade
Pass Pass Pass
Defeat was also the fate assigned to 4spade by the newspaper columnist after East had shown doubletons in both rounded suits. Declarer wins two rounds of spades, for if the outstanding trumps are divided two-two then the contract is 100% solid. No, East shows out which means it will be impossible to organise a heart ruff in dummy, draw trumps and run the diamonds. Try it! South's only entry back to hand after ruffing the heart is via a club ruff which destroys dummy's late entry to the diamonds.

Do you agree with the columnist's verdict?

Might not declarer now decide on a different approach to the simple club finesse?
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