Simple When You Think About It

Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs

  1. spadeQ J 10
  2. heart9 8 5 2
  3. diamond10 7 6 5 3
  4. club5
  1. spade8 3
  2. heartA Q 7
  3. diamondA K J 9 2
  4. club10 8 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 6 5 1 4 6
W 6 5 1 4 6
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA K 7 4 2
  2. heart3
  3. diamondQ 8
  4. clubK Q J 9 2

Contract: 6NT
Declarer: West
Lead: spadeQ

  1. spade9 6 5
  2. heartK J 10 6 4
  3. diamond4
  4. clubA 7 6 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond* Pass 1spade Pass
2diamond Pass 3club Pass
3NT Pass 4club Pass
4diamond Pass 5diamond Pass
6NT End

* Precision

This is a lovely yet oh so simple hand. You have four top diamond winners, two spades, a heart, and four clubs can be easily developed - eleven in all. So where is the twelfth coming from? Well, the obvious place is the fifth diamond, so all you need to do is knock-out the ace of clubs ....
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