Maybe Not Lesser Mortals

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Dealer: South
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade—
  2. heartA Q J 5 4
  3. diamondK 9 7 3 2
  4. clubQ 8 2
  1. spadeK Q 9 3
  2. heart—
  3. diamond10
  4. clubK 10 9 7 6 5 4 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 3 6 - -
S - 3 5 - -
E 3 - - 7 1
W 4 - - 7 1
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 8 7 6 5 2
  2. heart9 7 3
  3. diamondA 8 6 4
  4. club—

Contract: 4heartx
Declarer: South
Lead: spadeK
  1. spadeJ 10 4
  2. heartK 10 8 6 2
  3. diamondQ J 5
  4. clubA J
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart
2club 2NT* Pass 3NT
4club 4heart Dble Pass
Pass Pass

* about 12 points, balanced

. . . but not as Reese hoped and expected. South made eleven tricks and plus 990. That is not all, for East-West cannot be prevented from making all thirteen tricks with spades as trumps!! East ruffs the opening heart lead and ruffs a club. A spade to dummy and another club ruff establishes the clubs, so declarer plays two rounds of trumps ending in dummy and claims.

The 2NT was another famous and very successful psyche, this time made by Harold Ogust who was playing with Howard Schenken for the USA against Great Britain in the 1960 Olympiad.
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