Resort to Recovery Measures

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Dealer: East
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK Q 9
  2. heart2
  3. diamondK 10 9 7 6 5 4
  4. clubJ 7
  1. spadeA 8 7 5 4
  2. heartA K Q
  3. diamondQ J 8
  4. clubA 5
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 - - - -
S 1 - - - -
E - 1 4 3 3
W - - 3 3 1
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 2
  2. heart9 7 6 5 3
  3. diamondA 3 2
  4. clubQ 8 3

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: West
Lead: diamondK
  1. spadeJ 6 3
  2. heartJ 10 8 4
  3. diamond—
  4. clubK 10 9 6 4 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass
1spade 2diamond Pass Pass
2NT Pass 3NT Pass
Pass Pass
. . . had you unblocked at trick two? Unless you had won that first spade with an honour and continued unblocking when West cashed spadeA then the contract would be solid. With no communication to the South hand, North would have to give declarer an easy ten tricks.

Note that against most declarers North's opening lead would have been inspirational. West ducks to retain an entry to dummy and relies on a 3-2 heart break for his contract. The inspired declarer was Frenchman Alain Lévy.
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