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Dealer: South
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade8 2
  2. heartA Q 9 5 4
  3. diamond7 4 2
  4. club8 3 2
  1. spadeK 4
  2. heartK 10 7
  3. diamond8 6
  4. clubK Q 10 9 6 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 3 4 - -
S - 3 4 - -
E 2 - - - -
W 2 - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ J 10 6 3
  2. heartJ 8
  3. diamondA Q 5
  4. clubJ 7 5

Contract: 3spade
Declarer: East
Lead: spade5
  1. spadeA 9 7 5
  2. heart6 3 2
  3. diamondK J 10 9 3
  4. clubA
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond
2club Pass 2spade Pass
3club Pass 3diamond Pass
3spade End
South had found the best lead. From this position it should have been possible to defeat the contract by three. On winning the second spade South cashes clubA and leads a heart to North's queen for a club ruff. After heartA, club ruff and a diamond exit declarer must lose seven tricks!

Perhaps North could have helped by making a negative double over 2club, making the heart switch even more obvious, but when South led a diamond at trick three (because East "had not bid 3NT"), 3spade went through.
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