Difficult Hand Perplexes

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA Q 9 4
  2. heartQ J 7 3
  3. diamondA K 9 8 5
  4. club—
  1. spadeJ 8 7 2
  2. heart9 4
  3. diamondQ
  4. clubK Q J 9 7 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 7 6 7 1
S - 7 6 7 1
E 1 - - - -
W 2 - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade3
  2. heart10 6 5 2
  3. diamond10 7 4 3
  4. clubA 10 6 3

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: South
Lead: clubK
  1. spadeK 10 6 5
  2. heartA K 8
  3. diamondJ 6 2
  4. club8 5 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1NT*
3club~ 4club 5club Pass
Pass 6club Pass 6spade
Pass Pass Pass

* 12-14
~ weak

. . . well, did you play low? The winning defence, unbelievably difficult to find in my opinion, is to cover diamond9 with your ten. Irrespective of your play, partner will not ruff but pitch a heart on this trick (best defence) and another on the third diamond, but if you have not covered diamond9 then the lead will be in dummy. South now ruffs a second club with spade9 and plays a fourth diamond to throw his last club from hand. Now South is in control. He ruffs the club return, draws the last trump and claims.

On the other hand .
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