He Failed to See the Wisdom

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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade10 8 7 5 2
  2. heart6
  3. diamondA Q 6 5
  4. clubJ 10 9
  1. spade6 4
  2. heartA K Q 10 5 4 3
  3. diamond2
  4. clubK 7 6
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 2 - - -
S - 2 - - -
E 2 - 3 1 2
W 2 - 3 - 2
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA Q J 9
  2. heartJ
  3. diamond10 8 7 3
  4. clubQ 8 4 3

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: West
Lead: clubJ
  1. spadeK 3
  2. heart9 8 7 2
  3. diamondK J 9 4
  4. clubA 5 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass Pass
4heart Pass Pass Pass
The contract is cold on this lead as long as you take out some simple insurance, because the solution is to play a diamond now to sever the defensive communications. Imagine North wins the diamond and leads club10 - this time you must cover. South cannot attack spades and will probably lead a diamond. You ruff and lead a club to establish the eight while spadeA is still in dummy. If North should lead a spade when in with diamondQ you will finesse. This time the clubs are safe from attack and you have established two spade winners.

West failed to see the wisdom of the diamond play at trick six and went off.
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