Mercurial Mind Matter

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade—
  2. heartQ J 7 5 3
  3. diamondA 6 4 2
  4. club8 6 4 3
  1. spadeK 9 7 2
  2. heart10
  3. diamondJ 5
  4. clubA K J 9 5 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - 6 - 1
S - - 6 - 1
E - 2 - 1 -
W 1 3 - 1 -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 8 6 3
  2. heart8
  3. diamondK Q 9 8 7 3
  4. clubQ 10

Contract: 7diamondx
Declarer: East
Lead: club7
  1. spadeA J 10 5 4
  2. heartA K 9 6 4 2
  3. diamond10
  4. club7
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club 1heart 1spade Pass
2spade Pass 3diamond Pass
4heart* Pass 4spade 4NT
Pass 5diamond Pass 6heart
Pass Pass 7diamond Dble
Pass Pass Pass

* splinter

Zia Mahmood of Pakistan.

Zia's rash/bold club lead was not really necessary. After spadeA, spadeJ for a spade ruff, North would now be in a position to show which minor suit ace he held with his choice of heart - even if clubA had not been in dummy. That would have led to +900 (old scoring) for North-South.
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