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...Having won the lead in hand, he played to A♥ and ruffed a heart in hand. A low club to K♣ allowed a second heart ruff, and a club to A♣ accessed the third ruff....
...Declarer wins in hand, cashes ♥KQ, before playing a low heart to dummy’s ace. Now, he uses ♦QJ to discard both clubs from his hand, and the contract is home....
...Winning the second round, declarer drew trumps, and advanced Q♣ from hand. When West followed low, he ran it. East won with K♣, and led a third diamond to West’s king....
...Now, a club ruff in hand is followed by the final diamond ruffed in dummy. A♠ is cashed now and, crucially, the final club follows. East holds ♠J10 and a heart. What does he do?...
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...“Give me a hand: let’s get this thing rolling and I can pop the other two tyres,” he jokes. “I hate being off-balance.”...
...Here, declarer led a low trump from dummy and took his A♠, before next playing to K♠....
...East will win and, unless he leads a club, he will proffer a ruff in dummy and a discard of 5♣ from hand. If, as he should, he leads a small club, play low from hand, running it to dummy’s queen....
...Therefore, if South rises with A♠ at trick one, gets to hand with A♦ and takes the club finesse, even if — and, in this case, when — East wins his K♣, dummy’s ♠Q4 is still a solid stopper....
...Declarer wins in hand with a top trump, and must resist the temptation to draw a second round. Diamonds should be played next: K♦, A♦, and then a ruff, with a high trump in hand....
...East took A♠, returned 2♠, and South won deceptively with K♠ in hand....
...Declarer must be alert to making his ruffs quickly, so he must preserve a fast re-entry to his hand. He should take trick 1 in dummy with K♣, cash ♥AK and lead 3♥ to ruff in dummy....
...At trick three, South cashes his other heart — eliminating the suit from both hands. Now, he plays Q♦....
...You know, Isis-K has tried to conduct attacks in Germany over the past few months, and those plans have been foiled....
...in hand; J♦ followed....
...Declarer pitched a diamond from dummy and ruffed in his own hand. K♦, A♦ and a third diamond ruffed in dummy sorted out the suit....
...The US has indicated it believes Isis-K to be responsible for Friday’s attack in Moscow....
...Declarer won A♥ in dummy, drew two rounds of trumps, and led 5♣ from hand. West duly rose with K♣, cashed Q♠, and led a second heart....
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...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....
...These two deductive thoughts should guide you to lead a low diamond from hand and, when West plays low, rise with K♦ in dummy....
...Winning trick 1, declarer must lead 3♠ from hand and, when West plays low, insert North’s 8♠. When this holds the trick, the double lead of clubs can be achieved and the contract comes home....
...Lead J♣ from hand, West covers — if he does not, declarer runs the jack — and declarer wins with dummy’s K♣....
...He crossed to dummy’s A♦, and led a low spade towards his K♠, losing to West’s A♠. West switched to 10♦, taken with dummy’s K♦. Q♠ and a spade ruff in hand followed, eliminating the suit....
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