You Will Have Done Well to Find It

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK J 9 8 2
  2. heartK 9 3
  3. diamondQ
  4. clubK J 10 7
  1. spade10 4
  2. heartJ 8 2
  3. diamondK J 5
  4. clubA Q 8 5 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 - 2 3 -
S 1 - 2 3 -
E - 4 - - 2
W - 4 - - 2
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ
  2. heartA 7 6
  3. diamondA 10 9 7 6 4 3 2
  4. club9

Contract: 5diamond
Declarer: East
Lead: spadeA
  1. spadeA 7 6 5 3
  2. heartQ 10 5 4
  3. diamond8
  4. club6 3 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club* 1spade Dble~ 4spade
Pass Pass 5diamond Pass
Pass Pass

* playing 5 card majors
~ forcing, not necessarily heart

The answer is "None of the above". The winning defence is to switch to a trump. This prematurely removes an entry from dummy before declarer has ruffed a club in hand. Deprived of the vital extra entry, declarer can establish the long club for a discard ... but he cannot get to it!

If a trump at trick two was your choice then you will have done well, for in this match it was found by neither of the internationals in the South seat.
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