Defend Or Be An Excellent Declarer

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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeQ 5
  2. heartK 10 6 4 2
  3. diamondA J 4
  4. club9 6 4
  1. spadeA J 10 7
  2. heartJ 3
  3. diamond10 5 3
  4. clubA J 7 5
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 1 3 - 2
S 3 2 4 - 2
E - - - 1 -
W - - - 1 -
Green square in centre
  1. spade9 8 6 4 2
  2. heart9 8
  3. diamondQ 8 6 2
  4. club10 8

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: North
Lead: spade8
  1. spadeK 3
  2. heartA Q 7 5
  3. diamondK 9 7
  4. clubK Q 3 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass 1club
1spade 2heart 3spade 4heart
Pass Pass Pass
It was right to play one black ace immediately and it's the same for the other. If you duck, declarer cashes two rounds of trumps ending in hand and leads another club playing low from dummy. This time you are end-played.

The winning defence - very difficult to find - requires you to win clubA and lead another to partner's ten. Declarer could have done better - do you see how? The answer tomorrow.
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