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...When this loses, East can cash K♠ and lead Q♦, but declarer has time to win A♦, cash J♣, cross to dummy with J♥, and then play A♣ on which he can discard a diamond loser....
...With Q♣ not falling, the plan now requires reasonably balanced distribution. South cashed A♦ and K♠ and went over to dummy with A♠ to play K♦, throwing a spade from hand....
...West usually started with A♠, before switching to J♣. A couple of pairs weirdly eschewed the top spade lead and opted for J♣ — this could lead to defeat for declarer whatever he does....
...He crosses to dummy’s Q♥ and ruffs a second low spade, noting that the suit is dividing 4-3. He pulls the final trump, crosses to J♦, and ruffs a third spade with his last trump....
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...Having drawn trumps, cash ♦AK and exit with J♦. East will win and, unless he leads a club, he will proffer a ruff in dummy and a discard of 5♣ from hand....
...BiddingDealer: NorthLove All West led J♣ instantly; South indentified five losers: two diamonds, two low hearts and A♠....
...Fearing a diamond ruff now, declarer cashes ♥KQ and pitches a diamond from dummy. This achieved, he led a low club, West rose with A♣ and led his 6♦, which East won with Q♦....
...Now, he plays Q♦. If West could win, and he plays a heart, it provides a ruff and discard; if he leads a diamond, K♦ is the 10th trick; a club sorts out the suit for only two losers....
...Desperate for a quick entry to dummy, South rose with Q♣, which held the trick. He led J♦ and, when East followed low, he ran it, and it held the trick. What made declarer finesse in diamonds?...
...Now, each declarer played the club suit in the usual way: leading low from dummy and putting in J♣ from hand. This lost to West’s Q♣ and the contract was down....
...South won and could play to Q♣, but he could not safely return to hand....
...To succeed wherever Q♠ and K♦ lie, West must be stripped of a safe way of getting off lead once he wins the first finesse....
...The deduction makes sense: if East leads a heart, West will surely be unable to ruff high ahead of dummy’s J♠ and this will indicate that East holds Q♠....
...East might have kept open his options by discarding Q♦ under the first round of the suit and then, when West led 10♦ subsequently, discarding J♦ under dummy’s second top honour....
...West led J♣; South faces a loser in each of other suits and, crucially, the fourth round of clubs too. Can you foresee what might go wrong?...
...At trick two, South ducks East’s Q♣; West does not ruff. East continues with J♣; South plays K♣ perforce, West will ruff and switch to a spade....
...West led ♥AK and South ruffed the second round. He played to A♠ and ruffed dummy’s last heart in hand, eliminating the suit. He then drew the last trumps and played A♣ and Q♣....
...If West could cover 10♥ with J♥, declarer would play Q♥, losing to K♥. Back would come a low heart and South could play 7♥....
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...West led ♠AK and switched to 9♦, an unnecessarily risky defence but, here, not injurious. Declarer played low from dummy and East false-carded with Q♦, South winning with A♦....
...Trusting them, declarer laid down Q♦ and his slam was gone. East’s J♦ and a club trick left him a trick short. As so often, running off all the trumps may prove revealing....
...East should ruff in, declarer over-ruffs with J♥, and West is stymied....
...Declarer played J♦ to West’s A♦, and warmly welcomed West’s enforced spade lead. Because he clung to them, and both bidding and play had revealed West’s shape, South knew that he held Q♠....
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