Low Level Tussle

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade9 8 4 3
  2. heart7
  3. diamondA K 10 9 8
  4. clubJ 9 2
  1. spadeJ 10 5
  2. heart8 4
  3. diamondJ 6 4 2
  4. clubA Q 8 6
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 2 - 1 2
S 1 2 - 1 2
E - - 1 - -
W - - 1 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 7 2
  2. heartA K 9 6 5 2
  3. diamond5 3
  4. club4 3

Contract: 2heart
Declarer: East
Lead: heartQ
  1. spadeK Q 6
  2. heartQ J 10 3
  3. diamondQ 7
  4. clubK 10 7 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart Pass
1spade* Pass 2heart Pass
Pass Pass

* artificial relay

At the table declarer went wrong, perhaps deceived by North's deceptive diamond10. East correctly rose with spadeA but after a successful club finesse he tried to ruff a diamond. South over-ruffed to kill any chance of an end-play.

If declarer cashes clubA and ruffs a club instead of the diamond he can now succeed. After exiting with a spade South can only lead a fourth club, ruffed by declarer who exits with a low trump. South is forced to lead into East's trump tenace at trick twelve.
Hats off to North for his deception that caused East to misread South's minor suit holdings. This was the ending ...
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