Neither Killing Lead Found

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Dealer: East
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA 8 3
  2. heartA K Q 4
  3. diamondA K 10 9 6 2
  4. club—
  1. spade9 7 6 2
  2. heart3 2
  3. diamondJ 5
  4. club10 9 6 3 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 6 5 6 4 5
S 5 5 6 4 5
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 10 4
  2. heartJ 10 9 6
  3. diamondQ 8 4 3
  4. club8 4

Contract: 6club
Declarer: South
Lead: heart3
  1. spadeQ J 5
  2. heart8 7 5
  3. diamond7
  4. clubA K Q J 7 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 2club*
Pass 2diamond~ Pass 3club#
Pass 3diamond! Pass 3spade~
Pass 6club End

* good clubs, 12-16
~ relay, asking for controls
# one outside stopper
! where is it?
~ spades

A spade lead is the killer - very difficult to find. Despite the five-two trump break the contract played well on a heart lead. Declarer won, played diamondA, ruffed a low diamond and drew four rounds of trumps. He crossed back to dummy with a heart and played diamondK. Whatever West did there were enough entries to ruff another diamond and return to dummy for the other diamond winners. 6club played by North is the optimum contract - virtually impossible to arrange.
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