Straightforward If You Live Over the Pond

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Dealer: South
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA J 8
  2. heart9 7 5
  3. diamondQ J 9
  4. clubJ 8 7 5
  1. spadeK Q 7 2
  2. heartJ 10 6
  3. diamond10 6 5 2
  4. club10 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 4 - 1 2
S 2 4 - 1 2
E - - 1 - -
W - - 1 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 5 3
  2. heartA K Q 4 2
  3. diamond7
  4. clubK 6 4 2

Contract: 2heart
Declarer: East
Lead: diamondA
  1. spade9 6 4
  2. heart8 3
  3. diamondA K 8 4 3
  4. clubA Q 9
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1NT
Pass Pass 2heart Pass
Pass Pass
Declarer ruffs and leads a club. Let's say you win and switch to a trump - a trick too late. Declarer wins and plays another club, so you win clubQ and lead a second trump. East wins, ruffs a club, ruffs a diamond in hand, draws the last trump, cashes clubK and plays to spadeK in the dummy. Whatever happens declarer is bound to make five trumps, clubK, a club ruff and a spade. An alternative defence of playing diamonds at every opportunity meets with a similar lack of success.

Maybe 1diamond would have worked better here, for 3diamond by South is fairly straightforward.
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