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Obviously the Club finesse must be right, still only
giving you 11 tricks. East probably has seven hearts for his
bid and the spade play means he has at least two spades (West
would not lead low from AQxxx). To have any chance of success,
East must also have two clubs minimum and therefore no more than
two diamonds. That rules out trying to ruff a diamond in dummy.
There are not enough entries into dummy to establish a spade
without first clearing trumps because of the chance of a heart
ruff.
Finesse the club and draw five rounds of trumps,throwing 2
spades and a small heart from dummy. Assuming a 4-2 spade break,
Now play your Heart King and aheart to the Ace in dummy. West
cannot afford to bare his Spade Ace (or you will ruff a spade
and make 7!) so he must come down to 3 diamonds. Play King and
back to your Ace of diamonds, concede a diamond, ruff the return
and the thirteenth diamond is your last trick.
No-one sent in a solution which I find hard to believe |