Meckwell Strikes

Pages: Page 6 of 6

Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA J 7 2
  2. heartQ
  3. diamondA 2
  4. clubA K Q 9 8 4
  1. spadeK Q
  2. heartK 7 6 4
  3. diamondQ 8 6 5 4 3
  4. club10
club diamond heart spade NT
N 4 - - 3 2
S 4 - - 3 2
E - 3 4 - -
W - 3 4 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 6 5
  2. heartA J 5 3 2
  3. diamondK 7
  4. club7 5 2

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: North
Lead: diamondK
  1. spade9 8 4 3
  2. heart10 9 8
  3. diamondJ 10 9
  4. clubJ 6 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 2club* Pass 2diamond~
Dble# 3club Pass 3diamond
Pass 3spade Pass 4spade
End

* big
~ small
# diamonds

I don't think 4spade can be made on best defence. If East leads diamondK it won't matter if North ducks or not. West wins the second round of trumps, cashes diamondQ, heartK and follows with a third round of diamonds to promote East's spade10.
Previous page
This section is a placeholder for the forum. For the time being it will be a noshow class.