The Old Adage

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Dealer: East
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK
  2. heartA 5 4
  3. diamondK Q J 10 9 8 5
  4. clubQ 2
  1. spade6
  2. heartQ 10 8 7 6
  3. diamondA 7 6 4 2
  4. club5 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 6 4 1 5 4
S 6 4 1 5 4
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 9 7 3 2
  2. heartK J 9
  3. diamond3
  4. club9 8 7 6

Contract: 6diamond
Declarer: North
Lead: heart9
  1. spadeA Q J 8 5 4
  2. heart3 2
  3. diamond—
  4. clubA K J 10 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass 1spade
Pass 3diamond Pass 3spade
Pass 3NT Pass 4club
Pass 4diamond Pass 6club
Pass 6diamond End
The old adage "Attacking leads against small slams" stood Austrian Jan Fukic in good stead on this deal. 6diamond is a good contract, only broken by the foul distribution and a heart lead from East. When heart9 appeared on the table North must still have been hopeful - he won in hand and overtook spadeK. spadeQ was ruffed and over-ruffed so North crossed to dummy with a club and tried spadeJ, again ruffed and over-ruffed. Declarer had to hope that the remaining clubs were divided evenly and that West was down to lone diamondA. No such luck. When West ruffed the third round of clubs declarer had to lose two hearts and diamondA. Plus 200 was the result for East's excellent lead.
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