Hints and tips:
...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....
...A low club to K♣ allowed a second heart ruff, and a club to A♣ accessed the third ruff. With Q♣ not falling, the plan now requires reasonably balanced distribution....
...BiddingDealer South E/W Game West leads A♥ and, assuming a heart ruff in dummy, if West holds K♣ or Q♦, all should be easy. Leading a low club towards dummy’s Q♣ seems the best move....
...BiddingDealer: NorthLove All West led J♣ instantly; South indentified five losers: two diamonds, two low hearts and A♠....
...West led J♥; declarer assessed four losers. However, dummy’s K♦ can provide a discard for a club loser, with 10♠ as an entry to the table....
...This achieved, he led a low club, West rose with A♣ and led his 6♦, which East won with Q♦. No third diamond appeared but, instead, East laid down 7♠....
...West duly rose with K♣, cashed Q♠, and led a second heart. South won and could play to Q♣, but he could not safely return to hand....
...Lead J♣ from hand, West covers — if he does not, declarer runs the jack — and declarer wins with dummy’s K♣....
...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....
...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....
...Declarer won K♣ in dummy, played to A♣, and ruffed a low club in dummy. Danger seemingly averted, most now played a trump, West winning....
...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....
...and if gxf1=Q 4 Rg8 mate or fxg1=Q 4 Rf8 mate. Chess 2549It’s mate in four by 1 . . . Rxf1+! 2 Kxf1 Bxc4+ 3 Kg1 Qe1+! 4 Rxe1 Rxe1 mate. Chess 25481 Kb2! a1=Q+ 2 Rxa1! h1=Q 3 Qxh1 mate....
...He fulfilled his plan by pitching dummy’s 3♦ on K♣, giving up two diamonds and ruffing the final one for his tenth trick....
...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♥....
...She played a club to dummy’s ace, cashed J♠, discarding 5♦ from hand, and then played back to her K♣. With the black suits eliminated, she now led a third round of trumps; East won....
...Now, K♠ is cashed and 5♠ ruffed in dummy, before 8♦ is played. East hops up with A♦ and leads J♦....
...It seems a guess as to who might hold J♥ but, in fact, the odds are clear: there are two chances to one that it is East who holds J♥....
...West led J♦, South ducked in dummy, and East took his K♦, before switching to Q♥. Declarer ducked, before winning the continuation in hand....
...West led K♥, and all seemed good....
...You cash A♠ and K♠, noting that West drops Q♠ or J♠. You then cash A♦ and K♦ — and now there is a revelation! West shows out on the second round of diamonds and, what’s more, he throws away a heart!...
...West led 2♠; East won A♠ and switched to Q♦; declarer won. If South now played a trump, East won and continued with J♦....
...If East throws K♠ — as he probably should — when West gains the lead with K♦, he can only cash Q♠, before your J♠ becomes good....
...If so, to ensure that an unblocking finesse position exists, declarer must lead 9♦ to dummy’s K♦ and 8♦ to dummy’s Q♦....
...South played low; West won with J♣, cashed A♣, and led his last club, which East won with K♣, before setting the contract with his thirteenth club....
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