Categories:
Defense
Dealer: North Vul: N-S
Contract: 3NT By: South
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NORTH
♠10 8 6 4
♥6 5 2
♦A K 4 2
♣K 9
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EAST
♠A J 9 2
♥10 8 3
♦Q 7
♣7 6 4 3
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West |
North |
East |
South |
| Pass | Pass | 1♣ |
Pass | 1♦ | Pass | 1♥ |
Pass | 1♠ | Pass | 2NT |
Pass | 3NT | Pass | Pass |
Pass | | | |
It was a game in 1956. Norman Squire as West led
♦6 (fourth-best), which declarer (Albert Rose) ducked the trick and East (Pat Gardener) won with
♦Q. Gardener returned a wrong card and the contract was made. Will you be good enough to find out the correct lead to defeat the contract?
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NORTH
♠10 8 6 4
♥6 5 2
♦A K 4
♣K 9
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EAST
♠A J 9 2
♥10 8 3
♦7
♣7 6 4 3
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Answers
♠A From the biding, declarer got 5 clubs and 4 hears. If west has ♦J109 sequence, he will lead the ♦J instead, so it shows that declarer has 2 to 3 diamonds and at most a doubleton spade. So, spade should be the suit to attack. However, playing a small spade is not enough, as declarer can setup the hearts before losing three spade tricks. So, it should play offensively by playing ♠A and then another small spade. (Note that if declarer has ♠QX, she should have ♥AK)
Statistics
♠2 (30%)
♥8 (17%)
♠J (17%)
♦7 (13%)
♥3 (8%)
♠A (8%)
♣3 (4%)
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