He Had Not Played A Hand For A While

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Dealer: South
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeJ 5
  2. heartA K Q 8 6 3
  3. diamondQ 7 5
  4. club10 3
  1. spadeA K 6
  2. heart10 9 7 4
  3. diamond10 3 2
  4. clubQ 8 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 2 4 - 1
S - 2 4 - 1
E - - - 1 -
W - - - 1 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 10 8 4 2
  2. heartJ
  3. diamondK 9 8
  4. clubJ 9 6 5

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: North
Lead: spade4
  1. spade9 7 3
  2. heart5 2
  3. diamondA J 6 4
  4. clubA K 7 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1NT*
Pass 4heart Pass Pass
Pass

* 12-14

Declarer cashed heartQ, took the now essential diamond finesse, played clubAK and ruffed a club, crossed to diamondA and led another club to make his last trump en passant.

Nice work, but it would have been impossible had West switched to a diamond at trick two - eventually the defence can establish a diamond. It's even more interesting when East leads a club at trick one, for now declarer has to be careful. It's best to play a spade immediately, when eventually North can condense the play to the en passant ending, but if he's oblivious of the danger and plays two rounds of trumps - curtains!
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