Feared Norwegian Defenders

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Dealer: East
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeJ 10 9 2
  2. heartK J 7 6 3
  3. diamond10 8
  4. clubJ 8
  1. spade7 4 3
  2. heart8 5 4
  3. diamondJ 6
  4. clubA 6 5 4 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 2 3 3 2
S 1 2 3 3 1
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 8 5
  2. heartA 10 2
  3. diamondA 7 5 2
  4. clubQ 10 7

Contract: 2heart
Declarer: South
Lead: diamond6
  1. spadeA K 6
  2. heartQ 9
  3. diamondK Q 9 4 3
  4. clubK 9 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond 1NT
Pass 2diamond* Pass 2heart
Pass Pass Pass

* transfer

Poor South. Thinking that East held five diamonds and that he might need to avoid a spade finesse if spadeQ was wrong, declarer finessed in diamonds! West won with the jack to revert to clubs. After ruffing in dummy South led a heart to the queen and another to the king and ace. East led a diamond for West to ruff with heart8 thereby promoting heart10 for the setting trick. One down in a contract where ten tricks might have been made! The defenders were the feared Norwegians, Helgemo and Helness.
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