The Most Unusual Contract of All

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade10 6 5 4
  2. heart9 8 7 3
  3. diamond10 7 4
  4. clubJ 3
  1. spadeK Q J
  2. heartK Q J 10 2
  3. diamondA Q 2
  4. club9 8
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 2 5 7 7 7
W 2 4 7 7 7
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 8 7 2
  2. heartA 6 5
  3. diamond6 5 3
  4. clubA K 10

Contract: 7heart
Declarer: West
Lead: spade5
  1. spade9 3
  2. heart4
  3. diamondK J 9 8
  4. clubQ 7 6 5 4 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass
1club* Pass 1spade Pass
2heart Pass 3heart Pass
3spade Pass 3NT+ Pass
4diamond Pass 4spade Pass
4NT Pass 5diamond Pass
5NT Pass 6club Pass
7heart End

* strong
+ slam try

Declarer could count twelve top tricks and the other trick could most obviously come from the diamond finesse, but before committing himself to this East cashed all his side suit winners and led a diamond at trick twelve. South had been squeezed in the minors and when diamondK popped up the play was over.
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