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Dealer: East
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeJ 5 4 3
  2. heart7
  3. diamondQ 10 6 5 2
  4. clubK J 7
  1. spadeQ 2
  2. heartA 10 8
  3. diamond8 7 4
  4. clubA 8 6 3 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - 3 1
S - - - 3 1
E 4 1 2 - -
W 4 1 2 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade10
  2. heartK 9 4 2
  3. diamondA K J 3
  4. clubQ 9 5 4

Contract: 4spadex
Declarer: South
Lead: diamond7
  1. spadeA K 9 8 7 6
  2. heartQ J 6 5 3
  3. diamond9
  4. club10
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond 2spade*
3diamond 3spade Pass 4spade
Dble End

* described as not weak

Imagine you exit with spadeQ at trick four. Declarer wins, ruffs a heart, leads diamondQ covered, ruffs another heart and leads diamond10 to pin your diamond8. Rather than meekly lead a heart to concede one down, South loses nothing by leading his singleton club. You rise with the ace and have to give dummy the lead with a club to cash diamond6 for -590. Alternatively you can duck the club and now declarer, who is not going to get this wrong, rises with clubK to make an overtrick. The winning defence?
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