Buses Spring to Mind

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK Q 7
  2. heartA K 8 5
  3. diamondA 9 6 2
  4. clubJ 9
  1. spade8 2
  2. heartQ 10 7 3
  3. diamondK 10 7 5
  4. clubK 7 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 3 1 4 4
S 2 3 1 4 3
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade9 5 3
  2. heartJ 9 6 2
  3. diamondJ 4
  4. clubA 10 8 5

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: South
Lead: spade2
  1. spadeA J 10 6 4
  2. heart4
  3. diamondQ 8 3
  4. clubQ 6 4 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart Pass 1spade
Pass 1NT* Pass 2club~
Pass 3spade# Pass 4spade
Pass Pass Pass

* 15-18
~ Crowhurst enquiry
# 17-18 with 3 spades

It looks as if LHO has only two spades and three clubs so he must be favourite to have diamond length, so lead a small diamond from dummy to the eight and ten. West leads heartQ which you ruff in hand and draw the last trump. You now have a full count - West is proven to be 2-4-4-3. Declarer Nick Stevens decided that East would not have played low from diamondKx, so he led diamondQ to pin the jack on his right for a big 420.

Why buses? Well, after not encountering an intra-finesse play for absolutely ages, two arrive together! See the article from 08/02/2004. Incidentally .
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