Break the Rule

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeJ 7 6 4 2
  2. heart8
  3. diamond10 7 6 5 4
  4. clubK 8
  1. spadeK Q
  2. heartQ J 7 6 3
  3. diamond8
  4. clubQ 10 7 5 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 3 - 1 -
S - 3 - 1 -
E 2 - 4 - -
W 2 - 4 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 10 9 8
  2. heartA K 9 5
  3. diamondJ 9 2
  4. club9 4

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: East
Lead: diamondA
  1. spade5 3
  2. heart10 4 2
  3. diamondA K Q 3
  4. clubA J 6 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1NT* Pass
2diamond~ Pass 3heart Pass
4heart End

* 12-14
~ transfer

Play a trump to hand, DON'T cash a second trump but instead lead a club to the ten. North wins with clubK and plays another diamond, so you again ruff in the dummy, cross back to hand with heartK and lead another club. South wins and exits with a fourth diamond (best). You ruff in hand, cross to spadeK, ruff a club and return to spadeQ to draw the last trump and enjoy the clubs.

What do you mean "I didn't play it like that"? You'd better not adopt those contentious transfer-breaking ideas, then.

16/10/2024: I suepect that a cross-ruff based line would also be successful. Leading a club immediately from dummy at trick 3 would restrict also result in 10 tricks.
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