The Big Difference

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Dealer: South
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade8
  2. heartQ J 9 4 3
  3. diamondK J
  4. clubJ 7 6 3 2
  1. spadeK Q 10 7 4
  2. heart10 5
  3. diamondQ 9 8 7 5
  4. club8
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 2 6 1 4
S 2 2 6 1 4
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 9 3
  2. heart7 6
  3. diamond10 6
  4. clubK Q 10 9 5 4

Contract: 6heart
Declarer: North
Lead: clubK
  1. spadeA 6 5 2
  2. heartA K 8 2
  3. diamondA 4 3 2
  4. clubA
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond
Pass 1heart Pass 2spade~
Pass 2NT Pass 3heart
Pass 3spade Pass 4club
Pass 4diamond Pass 4spade
Dble Pass Pass Rdble
Pass 5heart Pass 5spade
Pass 6heart End

~ initiating series of relays

. . . but now North immediately ruffed a club in dummy and West over-ruffed to return a trump as before. The big difference was that the diamond finesse was still available and that vital extra winner eventually became North's twelfth trick. North won the trump return in dummy, finessed diamondJ, cashed heartQ, diamondK. A club was ruffed, diamondA cashed and a diamond ruffed in hand. There was still heartA available for one more ruff in dummy and North had made his slam.
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