Elevated Thought Processes

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeK 8
  2. heart9 5
  3. diamondA 3
  4. clubK J 10 8 4 3 2
  1. spadeA Q J 10 3
  2. heartA K J
  3. diamondK 7 5 4 2
  4. club—
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 - - - -
S 1 - - - -
E - 5 5 5 5
W - 6 6 5 6
Green square in centre
  1. spade6 2
  2. heartQ 6 4 3 2
  3. diamondQ J 10
  4. clubA Q 6

Contract: 6NT
Declarer: East
Lead: club5
  1. spade9 7 5 4
  2. heart10 8 7
  3. diamond9 8 6
  4. club9 7 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass
1spade 3club* 3NT Pass
4NT~ Pass 5diamond# Pass
6NT End

* weak
~ Blackwood
# one ace

South, Omar Sharif, was playing with Pietro Forquet. Sharif did lead a club so East won and knocked out diamondA. With both red suits behaving kindly there were twelve top tricks. Not only had the opening lead failed to establish a second trick for North, but it had given East an easy twelfth trick into the bargain. In fact on a non-spade lead declarer can always get home on a black suit squeeze against North.

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