Cooperative Defence

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade8 5 2
  2. heartQ 10 3
  3. diamondA 5
  4. clubJ 10 7 5 4
  1. spadeK 9 7 3
  2. heart7 2
  3. diamondK 10 9 3 2
  4. clubK 8
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 - - - -
S 2 - - - -
E - 5 1 4 -
W - 5 1 4 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA Q 10 6
  2. heartK J 9 6
  3. diamondQ J 8 7 4
  4. club—

Contract: 5clubx
Declarer: South
Lead: spade3
  1. spadeJ 4
  2. heartA 8 5 4
  3. diamond6
  4. clubA Q 9 6 3 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club
Pass 1NT Dble 2club
2spade 3club 4spade 5club
Dble End
West realised that a heart switch was required and duly led heart7. East inserted heart9 and declarer craftily ducked, hoping to induce a reversion to spades. No chance! East played his part brilliantly by switching to a diamond and declarer no longer had the entries to eliminate both spades and diamonds. Had East continued with spades declarer would have ruffed, cashed clubA, crossed to diamondA and ruffed a diamond, cashed heartA and end-played West with clubK.

East-West wrote down plus 800 for a great score.
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