Thrust And Counter-thrust

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spadeQ J 9 8 5 4
  2. heartA 7 5
  3. diamondQ 7
  4. clubQ 8
  1. spade6
  2. heartK 10 9 4 2
  3. diamond4
  4. clubK 10 9 6 5 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - - 1 -
S - - - 1 -
E 3 2 3 - -
W 3 2 3 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 7 3 2
  2. heartQ 6
  3. diamondA K J 9 8 6
  4. club4

Contract: 3diamond
Declarer: East
Lead: spadeK
  1. spadeK 10
  2. heartJ 8 3
  3. diamond10 5 3 2
  4. clubA J 7 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
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-- 2spade 3diamond Pass
Pass Pass
If he cashes just two trumps, then when South wins clubA he must either lead a spade or give up a trump trick. However in this situation South must do exactly that, either by leading diamond10, or a spade and dropping the ten on the third round of trumps. In this way he cannot be forced to give the lead back to dummy. The mistake in this situation is to lead a small trump which declare can win high (!), cash spadeA and exit with a trump to South's diamond10. End-played again!
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