Tough One

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Dealer: West
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ
  2. heartK 9 4
  3. diamondA K J 5
  4. clubQ 10 8 6 3
  1. spade10 9 8 7 4 3
  2. heartQ 8 3
  3. diamondQ 8 7
  4. clubK
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 1 2 - -
S 1 1 2 - -
E - - - 3 -
W - - - 3 1
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK J 6
  2. heartA J
  3. diamond6 3 2
  4. clubA 9 7 5 2

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: West
Lead: diamondK
  1. spadeA 5 2
  2. heart10 7 6 5 2
  3. diamond10 9 4
  4. clubJ 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
2spade* Dble 4spade Pass
Pass Pass

* weak

I have to say that this is an impossible task - you have to switch to spadeQ!! If you lead a heart declarer will finesse, cash heartA, play a club to the king, ruff a heart and cash clubA discarding a diamond loser. It's similar process if a club is North's choice at trick two. All that remains is for declarer to do something vaguely sensible with the trumps - and we can all see that is not too difficult. So, if you found spadeQ at trick two, when South can win and switch to a diamond, please can you play in our team next year? On the other hand, maybe we should ask West if he regularly enjoys that much luck!
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