rainbow@ihuxe.UUCP (09/20/84)
S:J76 H:853 D:K753 C:KJ9 S:9542 S:K83 H:62 H:QT97 D:JT84 D:AQ96 C:742 C:63 S:AQT H:AKJ4 D:2 C:AQT85 Contract:6C Lead:6H->JH How do you make the hand? ************************* Duck a diamond. Win the return. Use two club entries to dummy to ruff diamonds. Enter dummy with the last trump. Position with east to pitch: S:Jxx H:xx D:K S:Kxx H:Qxx D:A S:AQT H:AKx A: east cannot pitch the AD because declarer will pitch a heart on the KD and finesse spades. B: east cannot pitch a heart because declarer will finesse spades and run the hearts. C: so east pitches a spade. Now declarer leads a low spade to the QS. Cashes the AS. Enters dummy via the JS. And east is squeezed again. With three cards to play, east cannot keep three hearts and the AD. I received correct solutions from houxz!halle1 and zehntel!carol and dec-rhea!dec-eludom!faiman.