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05/03/2024 Board 15
This hand is from a Winter Teams match. Both tables reached 3 NT by North, West having bid spades during the bidding. East dutifully lead spades and North made the contract comfortable in both cases.
A better lead would be ♦ Q. Dummy should duck, and duck a second time if East continues with ♦ J. A good West will drop the ten to unblock and the defence will make 5 diamond tricks - one off!
The best contract is a club slam. There are 9 tricks in clubs and hearts. The spade finesse makes 11. Where will the extra trick come from?
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Ruff any diamond continuation from East in your hand, retaining the ♦ K on table. After the spade finesse succeeds, it's a fairly straight-forward squeeze against West. West obviously holds the ♦ A and the spades, so can not guard against dummy's ♦ K and your ♠ A 9. Play off all the trumps before delivering the squeeze play in hearts. |
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