Fourth Suit Forcing of the Third Kind

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeJ 7
  2. heart—
  3. diamondK
  4. clubA K J 10 8 7 6 5 4 3
  1. spade10 8 2
  2. heartA J 10 7 5
  3. diamondJ 10 8 7 2
  4. club—
club diamond heart spade NT
N 5 - - - 4
S 5 - - - 4
E - 1 3 1 -
W - 1 3 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA K 9 5 3
  2. heart9 8 4 2
  3. diamond4 3
  4. clubQ 9

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: spade2
  1. spadeQ 6 4
  2. heartK Q 6 3
  3. diamondA Q 9 6 5
  4. club2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond*
Pass 2club Pass 2heart
Pass 2spade Dble Pass
Pass 3spade Pass 3NT
Pass Pass Pass

* Strong Club style

North was the American Sylvia Moss, and she found the perfect answer when she bid 3spade. This could not be natural after East's double, and South construed the bid as asking for a spade stopper in No Trumps, so spadeQxx fitted the bill well after East's revealing bid.

West led a spade, so East cashed the first two tricks. The next trick was won by heartK but that was all that East-West could muster. North-South scored +430 and an excellent pairs score - no prizes for guessing where most of the other pairs played.
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