Very Simple But Highly Effective

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Dealer: East
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: Point-a-board
  1. spade7 2
  2. heartJ 9 2
  3. diamondK Q 9 3 2
  4. clubQ 9 2
  1. spade6 5 4
  2. heartK 3
  3. diamondA J 10 6 5 4
  4. clubJ 7
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - 1 -
S - - - 1 -
E 3 2 1 - 1
W 3 2 - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK 10
  2. heartA 8 7 6
  3. diamond8
  4. clubA K 8 6 5 3

Contract: 3club
Declarer: East
Lead: diamond7
  1. spadeA Q J 9 8 3
  2. heartQ 10 5 4
  3. diamond7
  4. club10 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club 1spade
Pass Pass 2club Pass
2diamond Pass 2heart Pass
3club End
At the table declarer had an elegant recovery manoeuvre available. Winning North's clubQ with the ace, he simply drew another round of trumps and exited with his last heart. What could North do? To ruff South's heartQ would dispose of two of declarer's losers in one go, but to discard would leave South on lead and forced to concede a trick to spadeK.

Very simple but highly effective.
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