It Looked Straightforward

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Dealer: South
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ
  2. heartA 8 6 3
  3. diamondJ 5 4 3
  4. clubA K 10 5
  1. spadeA J 10 7 2
  2. heart—
  3. diamondA Q 7 2
  4. club9 8 6 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 2 3 - 2
S 1 2 4 - 2
E - - - 2 -
W - - - 2 -
Green square in centre
  1. spade9 6 4 3
  2. heart10 9 4 2
  3. diamond8 6
  4. clubQ J 2

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: South
Lead: club8
  1. spadeK 8 5
  2. heartK Q J 7 5
  3. diamondK 10 9
  4. club7 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart
1spade 3spade Pass 4heart
Pass Pass Pass
East should not have covered heart8. Now declarer is unable to ruff a spade and draw trumps whilst still retaining a fifth trump in hand. Say declarer overtakes, ruffs a spade, cashes heartA. Now the only way back to hand is via a club ruff. clubQ comes down but after trumps are drawn West can defeat declarer by retaining diamondAQ and two spades.

Nevertheless, declarer should always get home - he should have played a spade before drawing any trumps. Now there is no problem - South wins the club return, crosses to hand with heartK, ruffs a spade low and draws trumps. The difference here is that declarer has a trump and spadeK left to retain control after drawing all of East's trumps.
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