Careful Play to Yield Good Score

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Dealer: South
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeA J 10 4
  2. heartQ 7 4
  3. diamondQ 5 2
  4. club7 5 4
  1. spadeQ 7 6 5 2
  2. heartJ 6
  3. diamond10 4
  4. club10 6 3 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 4 1 2 4
S 1 4 1 2 4
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 8
  2. heart10 9 8 5 3 2
  3. diamondA 7
  4. clubA J 9

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: heartJ
  1. spade9 3
  2. heartA K
  3. diamondK J 9 8 6 3
  4. clubK Q 8
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond
Pass 1spade 2heart 2NT
Pass 3NT End
All that's required is to lead an intermediate diamond (i.e. not the three) to dummy's queen. When the diamonds break two-two then you have an extra entry to lead a second club towards hand, and that means you can win five diamond tricks, three hearts, two clubs and spadeA - eleven in all and a good match points score.
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