Dozy Defenders

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade8 7 6
  2. heart10 7
  3. diamondQ 7 2
  4. clubA Q J 10 3
  1. spadeA K J 2
  2. heartQ J 8 2
  3. diamond10 8 5
  4. club5 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 1 - - 2
S 2 1 - - 2
E - - 1 1 -
W - - 1 1 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 9 3
  2. heart9 6 3
  3. diamondA J 4 3
  4. club9 7 2

Contract: 2heart
Declarer: East
Lead: heart4
  1. spade10 5 4
  2. heartA K 5 4
  3. diamondK 9 6
  4. clubK 8 6
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1NT*
2club~ Dble 2heart Pass
Pass Pass

* 12-14
~ majors

At the table South went up with the ace and switched to a diamond - not fatal, but when South won with diamondK, cashed heartAK and naively continued with a spade he had made it simple for declarer. The correct defence - cash heartAK and continue with clubs - should have been obvious to a dozy South, but which club should North have played to make the club position clear? Ace, ten or queen? As it happened, East won the spade switch at trick six with the ace in dummy, drew the last trump and finessed diamondJ. Nine tricks. Cui culpa?
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