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A
deal from the Chester Congress.
Dealer S N-S vulnerable.
After
South's weak two diamonds vulnerable, North pressed
on to game.
West
cashes the ace and king of hearts with East playing
the ten and two.
West
now switches to the four of clubs which you win in
dummy.
You
play two rounds of diamonds with East throwing a
club on the second diamond.
How
do you play now?
This
problem is quite difficult.
Solution
It
looks as though West is 3631 or 2632 shape,
with East being 4216 or 5215 with the queen of
clubs.
If
you run off all the diamonds except one you can
reach the end position below with East to
discard.
If
East discards a spade then you can ruff out the
spades and cross to dummy with the king of clubs
to cash the last spade.
If
East discards a club then you can cash the top
club and return to hand with a spade ruff to
cash the jack of clubs.
This
rare ending is a trump squeeze.
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