Careful Defence

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Dealer: East
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeQ 10 6 2
  2. heart10 9 7 2
  3. diamond—
  4. clubA K 10 8 7
  1. spadeA K 9 7
  2. heartA Q
  3. diamondK Q 2
  4. clubJ 9 4 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 - - - -
S 1 - - - -
E - 3 2 - 1
W - 3 2 1 1
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 4
  2. heartK 8 5 4 3
  3. diamondJ 10 8 7 5
  4. club5

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: clubK
  1. spade8 5 3
  2. heartJ 6
  3. diamondA 9 6 4 3
  4. clubQ 6 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass
2NT Pass 3diamond* 3heart
Pass 4heart End

* transfer

Nothing special, except it's unusual in a game contract to see a defender twice ducking a side suit ace where partner is not only void in that suit but still holding two trumps.

The possibilities in this deal are complex and numerous, but I suspect that North can also defeat the contract by ruffing West's second, or possibly even the first, high diamond. Perhaps someone's Deep Finesse could tell us.
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