Tricky to Play

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Dealer: South
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Rubber
  1. spadeA K 3 2
  2. heartK 9 8 7
  3. diamond2
  4. clubA 10 9 4
  1. spadeQ J 10 8 7 6 5
  2. heart5 4 3
  3. diamond9
  4. club8 7
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 4 7 1 5
S 3 3 7 1 5
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade9
  2. heart2
  3. diamondQ J 8 5 4 3
  4. clubK Q 6 5 2

Contract: 7heart
Declarer: South
Lead: spadeQ
  1. spade4
  2. heartA Q J 10 6
  3. diamondA K 10 7 6
  4. clubJ 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart
3spade 4spade* Pass 5diamond~
Pass 6club~ Pass 7heart
Pass Pass Pass

* heart fit, good hand
~ cue bid

. . . although this destroys the double squeeze, declarer can still get home. He wins and plays similarly to above except that he has to assume for East has a singleton heart and/or a doubleton spade. Only one round of trumps is played and this gives declarer the necessary manoeuvrability to ruff three diamonds in the dummy, cash his second spade winner and finally come to hand to draw the remaining trumps and win diamondK. Thirteen tricks!
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