A Nice Little Play

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Rubber
  1. spadeQ 10 7 2
  2. heart9 3
  3. diamondA Q 3
  4. clubK 10 8 5
  1. spade5 4
  2. heartK J 6 4
  3. diamondJ 9 7
  4. clubQ 7 4 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - 4 2
S - - - 3 2
E 2 1 2 - -
W 2 1 2 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade6
  2. heartQ 10 8 5
  3. diamondK 10 8 6
  4. clubA J 6 3

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: South
Lead: club2
  1. spadeA K J 9 8 3
  2. heartA 7 2
  3. diamond5 4 2
  4. club9
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade
Pass 3spade Pass 4spade
Pass Pass Pass
The obvious diamond finesse awaits those declarers who only see the obvious line, but there is a better one - as you may have guessed. This involves using those club intermediates to throw diamonds. South won heartA, crossed to dummy with spadeQ and led clubK. East covered with the ace so South ruffed, crossed back to dummy with spade10 and led club10. When East played low South threw a diamond from hand and West won with the queen. The diamond return was won with the ace and South's last diamond thrown on the established club8. A nice little loser-on-loser play - and note that the contract would still succeed if West had led from clubAxxx.
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