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A defensive problem
from a Cheadle Hulme duplicate in June.
After the above
auction, with South's 1NT rebid showing 15-17 balanced, you lead the
heart seven, three, nine, ten. Declarer now plays the four of
diamonds, king, two, six. What now?
Solution
At the table Royce
Alexander found the effective switch to the queen of spades, declarer
covered with the king which held, took the club finesse and, with the
defence threatening to take three spade and two diamond tricks had to
cash out for eight tricks. Holding declarer to 120 was a good
board for East-West. Declarer could have made nine tricks by the
double dummy play of ducking the spade queen and taking the third round
of the suit.
The full deal was
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