Subtlety Pays Off

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Dealer: East
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ J 8 5
  2. heart10 6 5
  3. diamond8 3
  4. clubJ 7 5 4
  1. spade7 4 3
  2. heartK Q 9 7 4 3 2
  3. diamond9 7 4
  4. club—
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 - - 2 -
S 3 - - 3 -
E - 1 4 - -
W - - 3 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 9
  2. heartJ 8
  3. diamondA K J 5
  4. clubQ 9 6 3 2

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: West
Lead: spadeQ
  1. spadeA 10 6 2
  2. heartA
  3. diamondQ 10 6 2
  4. clubA K 10 8
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond 1NT
4heart Pass Pass Pass
Because declarer had played low at trick one, the defence were unable to play two early rounds of trumps, so now West ruffed his last spade, ruffed another club and rattled off all but one of his trumps. South was caught in a classic trump squeeze and had to bare his clubA to keep diamondQ guarded.

This was the position after West had cashed the penultimate trump ...
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