Make Your Contract Change the Winners

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade9 6 2
  2. heartJ 9 6 5
  3. diamond9
  4. clubA K 8 5 3
  1. spadeA J 7
  2. heartQ 10 8 4 2
  3. diamondJ 3
  4. club9 6 4
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 2 3 3 3
S 1 2 3 3 3
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade8 4
  2. heartA
  3. diamond8 7 6 5 2
  4. clubQ J 10 7 2

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: South
Lead: heart4
  1. spadeK Q 10 5 3
  2. heartK 7 3
  3. diamondA K Q 10 4
  4. club—
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade
Pass 2spade Pass 3diamond
Pass 4club Pass 4spade
Pass Pass Pass
. . . if East finds the brilliant return of a trump at trick two then declarer has no chance. West wins and can envisage the heart situation easily, so the heart ruff becomes the fourth defensive trick.

This is not an easy hand for declarer or East. How would you apportion the blame?
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