Hard to Find

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade9 3
  2. heart—
  3. diamondK Q 8 7 4 2
  4. clubA Q J 10 8
  1. spadeA K Q 7
  2. heartK 10 9 4
  3. diamondJ 9
  4. club6 5 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 5 4 - - -
S 5 4 - - -
E - - 1 - -
W - - 1 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade6 5
  2. heartA J 8 3
  3. diamond10 5 3
  4. club9 7 3 2

Contract: 5diamond
Declarer: North
Lead: ?
  1. spadeJ 10 8 4 2
  2. heartQ 7 6 5 2
  3. diamondA 6
  4. clubK
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond Pass 1spade
Pass 2club Pass 2NT
Pass 4club* Pass 4diamond~
Pass 5diamond End

* non forcing, at least 5-5
~ to play

As you can see, no other lead but a spade gives the defence any hope. West must cash two spade winners and continue with a third spade to give East a trump promotion. In the other room the final contract was 4diamond + 1, so 10 IMPs drifted away.
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