Usually Enough For A Small Slam

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade—
  2. heart10 6 3
  3. diamondA K Q 4
  4. clubK 10 9 6 5 2
  1. spadeQ J 10 8 6 5 3
  2. heartK 9 5
  3. diamond9 6 2
  4. club—
club diamond heart spade NT
N 4 5 1 - 4
S 4 5 1 - 4
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade4 2
  2. heartQ J 8 7 2
  3. diamond7
  4. clubQ J 8 7 4

Contract: 6diamond
Declarer: South
Lead: spadeQ
  1. spadeA K 9 7
  2. heartA 4
  3. diamondJ 10 8 5 3
  4. clubA 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1club Pass 1diamond
1spade 3spade Pass 4club
4spade Pass Pass 6diamond
Pass Pass Pass
At the table declarer took the instinctive line when she won in hand and crossed to diamondA. When that passed off without incident she returned to clubA and found that the contract was no longer viable. The trump return left declarer without the necessary entries to establish the long club and return to dummy to cash it.

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