Defensive Thought Processes Developing

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade8
  2. heartQ 9 7 6
  3. diamondK 6
  4. clubK Q J 8 6 3
  1. spadeA K 6 5 4
  2. heartA K 8 4
  3. diamond4 3 2
  4. clubA
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - - -
S - - - - -
E 1 5 1 5 3
W 1 5 1 5 3
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ J 9 2
  2. heart10
  3. diamondA J 8 7 5
  4. club9 7 4

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: West
Lead: clubK
  1. spade10 7 3
  2. heartJ 5 3 2
  3. diamondQ 10 9
  4. club10 5 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass
1spade 2club 3club Pass
4club Pass 4diamond Pass
4heart Pass 4spade Pass
4NT Pass 5club Pass
5diamond Pass 6spade Pass
Pass Pass
Declarer ruffs a club at trick four and cross-ruffs hearts and clubs until they've been eliminated from the East-West hands. He then cashes to spadeQ and exits with a diamond. He ruffs your enforced club return with spadeJ and takes the last two tricks with spadeAK. This line, perfectly plausible when the overcalling North turns up with four hearts, was found only twice, but as they were in the same match the board was flat. Great card reading by West, but poor defence by North.
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