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Were you tempted to try A? Could West be falsecarding trivially and North merely have, for instance, little other than J9643 and a slightly menacing demeanour? Partnership discipline is worth its weight in gold in these situations, for if you can trust North to have a six card suit then your duty is to switch, and a club is the obvious answer. Declarer is unlikely to have losers in trumps, so the diamond suit represents a major threat. Get busy by switching to 3. One off!

If you fail to find the club switch declarer draws trumps, eliminates spades and plays three rounds of diamonds to end-play North. Either he concedes a ruff and discard or leads away from K.
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