Top Marks If You Got All That Lot Right

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeA K Q
  2. heartJ 4 3
  3. diamondA K 5 2
  4. clubK 8 6
  1. spade7 2
  2. heart9 7 6 5 2
  3. diamondQ J 9 7 6
  4. club9
club diamond heart spade NT
N 4 2 - 2 3
S 4 2 - 2 2
E - - 1 - -
W - - 1 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 10 9 8 5
  2. heartK Q 10
  3. diamond4
  4. clubA 10 4 2

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: North
Lead: heartK
  1. spade6 4 3
  2. heartA 8
  3. diamond10 8 3
  4. clubQ J 7 5 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 2NT Pass 3NT
Pass Pass Pass
No - not quite. The last and possibly most easy-to-miss precaution is that we should lead the eight of clubs. Contrary to our earlier assumptions, it is West who has both the heart length and singleton club, but if we led club6 at trick three then the clubs would be irreversibly blocked. Having anticipated that problem we now lead a club back to the king and when West shows out we realise that we need an end-play and a fortunate diamond position ...
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