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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade
  2. heart
  3. diamondA 9
  4. clubA 9
  1. spadeJ
  2. heart
  3. diamondQ 4
  4. club5
Green square in centre
  1. spade
  2. heart
  3. diamond10 8
  4. clubQ J 10

Contract: 6heart
Declarer: South
Lead: diamondK
  1. spade
  2. heart
  3. diamondJ
  4. clubK 7 4
West North East South
1club* Pass 1heart
2spade~ Pass 3spade Pass
Pass 4spade Pass 6heart
Pass Pass Pass

* 16+
~ weak

This was the four card end position with East still to play.

Beady-eyed readers will have noted that if West had switched to his singleton club at trick two, the guard squeeze would have been rendered impossible because a vital entry would be removed.
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