Unless You Are Going to Make Them

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Dealer: South
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade7 4 3
  2. heart10 4 3
  3. diamondQ 7 5 3
  4. clubK Q 5
  1. spade5 2
  2. heartA K J 7 2
  3. diamond9 6 2
  4. clubJ 4 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 2 - - -
S - 2 - - -
E 4 - 4 - -
W 4 - 4 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK Q J 10
  2. heart9 8 6
  3. diamond4
  4. clubA 10 8 7 6

Contract: 4heart
Declarer: West
Lead: clubK
  1. spadeA 9 8 6
  2. heartQ 5
  3. diamondA K J 10 8
  4. club9 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1diamond
1heart Pass 3diamond* Pass
3heart Pass 4heart Pass
Pass Pass

* splinter

It's simply a matter of not winning the opening lead. If club9 appears from South you can throw clubJ under the king to allow you win the next club in dummy and take the heart finesse - although that is unnecessary because heartQ drops anyway. After drawing all the trumps you can then run the clubs and pitch two diamonds. Finally, a spade trick can be established with impunity. In all you will take four clubs, five trumps and a spade.
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