Anticipated Break-up

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Dealer: East
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade9 7 5 4
  2. heartQ 7 5 4
  3. diamondA Q 8 3
  4. club6
  1. spadeA
  2. heartK 8 6 3
  3. diamondK J 10 7 6 4
  4. clubA K
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 5 3 2 5 3
W 5 3 2 5 3
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q J 6 3
  2. heartA
  3. diamond9
  4. clubJ 10 9 7 5 3

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: West
Lead: diamond3
  1. spade10 8 2
  2. heartJ 10 9 2
  3. diamond5 2
  4. clubQ 8 4 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club Pass
2diamond Pass 2spade Pass
3diamond Pass 3spade Pass
3NT End
If you think it through then you will not cross to heartA and cash the spades. The reason is that you will have to find a discard on the last spade and you will be squeezed in the red suits. To give yourself a chance you must exit first with a diamond to break the communications between the defenders.

Not easy .. did you get it right? This was the ending you must avoid...
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