A Difficult And Far-sighted Defence

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Aggregate
  1. spadeA 9 4
  2. heartJ 9 2
  3. diamondJ 10 9 6
  4. clubQ J 3
  1. spadeK Q J 8 7 5
  2. heart7 3
  3. diamond4 2
  4. clubK 10 6
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 2 3 1 4 1
W 2 3 1 4 1
Green square in centre
  1. spade2
  2. heartA K 10 5
  3. diamondA K Q 8 5
  4. club7 4 2

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: West
Lead: clubQ
  1. spade10 6 3
  2. heartQ 8 6 4
  3. diamond7 3
  4. clubA 9 8 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond Pass
1spade Pass 2heart Pass
3spade Pass 4diamond Pass
4spade End
At the table South won clubA and returned one, won by declarer with the king as partner follows with three. spadeK from West was won by North's ace and clubJ was cashed - all following. After winning the diamond switch in dummy declarer cashed two hearts and two top diamonds before eventually making the correct decision to return to hand via a heart ruff. The kind three-three spade break meant the contract succeeded, but can you see how the defence could do better?
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