Clear Thinking Required And Luck

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Dealer: West
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK 5 3
  2. heartA Q 7
  3. diamond9 4 3
  4. clubQ 7 5 3
  1. spade10 8 7
  2. heart10 9 8 4
  3. diamondK
  4. clubA K J 8 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 2 - 1 2
S 1 2 - - 2
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 9 4 2
  2. heart6 5 3 2
  3. diamondJ 10 7 6 5
  4. club—

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: clubA
  1. spadeQ J 6
  2. heartK J
  3. diamondA Q 8 2
  4. club10 9 6 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass Pass 1NT
Pass 2spade* Pass 3NT
Pass Pass Pass

* raise to 2NT

. . . If West plays clubJ dummy wins the queen, cashes the other heart winner and picks up the diamonds. South establishes his two spade winners by starting with the king first, ensuring that an entry remains to hand for the last diamond winner.

If West goes in with clubA and leads another heart the situation is similar, but declarer will have to read East's discards correctly and refrain from cashing the last diamond winner if East has not discarded one. Although the situation is very complicated, South could always emerge with nine tricks.
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