rainbow@ihuxe.UUCP (07/25/84)
S:A652 H:8742 D: C:K7542 S:J S:98743 H:9653 H:QT D:J974 D:KQT6 C:AT86 C:J3 S:KQT H:AKJ D:A8532 C:Q9 Contract: 3NT Lead: 4D 4D->QD->duck KD->duck JC->QC->AC TC Now what do you do? Pitch clubs on the two diamond leads. Win the KC. Finesse hearts. Cash two more hearts and KQ of spades. You need three more tricks in this position: S:A6 H:8 D: C:7 S: S:98 H:9 H: D:J9 D:T6 C:8 C: S:T H: D:A85 C: Lead the TS: West must pitch a diamond otherwise you overtake, cash winner, exit, and claim with your AD. Duck in dummy. East is then thrown in after cashing the AD to provide the last spade trick. If either opponent had come down to less than two diamonds in the above position, its all over for the defense along the same lines(west gets squeezed or east gets thrown in). I received one correct solution from Jeff Halle.