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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeJ 10 6 3
  2. heartA 10 4 2
  3. diamond9 3
  4. club9 6 5
  1. spade9 5 2
  2. heartK 9 6
  3. diamond8 6 2
  4. clubA 8 4 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 4 1 1 2
S 1 4 1 1 2
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ 8 7 4
  2. heartQ J 7 5
  3. diamondA 4
  4. club10 7 3

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: spade5
  1. spadeA K
  2. heart8 3
  3. diamondK Q J 10 7 5
  4. clubK Q J
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
2club*
Pass 2diamond Pass 3diamond~
Pass 3heart Pass 3NT
Pass Pass Pass

* strong, not necessarily GF
~ natural

. . . win with the ace and switch to a heart! At the table East had led heart5 to West's king so declarer ducked this trick and heart9 continuation, trying to sever the defensive communications. Rather than leave her partner with a losing option, East overtook the second heart and reverted to spades, thereby establishing a fifth winner before declarer could land nine of her own. East could also have switched to heartQ at trick three, but West must be careful to leave all defensive options open by unblocking the nine.

In the other room East had lamely switched to a club at trick three, handing South an overtrick.
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