Hard School of Opening Leads

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Dealer: East
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK J 4
  2. heartA 10 9 5
  3. diamond8 7 5 4 2
  4. clubJ
  1. spadeA 5 3
  2. heart2
  3. diamondK J 10 9 6
  4. clubK 10 4 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - 3 - -
S - - 3 - -
E 2 - - 2 -
W 2 - - 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 10 9 8 7
  2. heartK 4 3
  3. diamond3
  4. clubQ 9 8 7

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: heart2
  1. spade6 2
  2. heartQ J 8 7 6
  3. diamondA Q
  4. clubA 6 5 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1heart
2diamond 4heart Pass Pass
Pass
. . . declarer won the club lead, ruffed a club, returned to diamondA and ruffed another club. South's diamondQ was won by West who belatedly switched to a trump, so South rose with heartA and led a diamond from the dummy. East was fixed - to ruff high would allow declarer to throw a losing club, and to discard would see South win and ruff his last club. All that remained was for South to guess the spades correctly and clock up +620!
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