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Problem 27

Contract: 6NT by South.  Opening lead: 5♣.
There are five club tricks on top, three hearts with the aid of a finesse, two spades and one diamond.
South cannot rely on the fourth heart because he only has one entry to the table.
How, then, can declarer arrive at twelve tricks?

Contract: 6NT
Dec. S

♠ J 4
♥ Q J 10 8
♦ Q 3
♣ J 9 7 6 4

♠ 2
♥ 7 6 4
♦ K J 10 9 7 6 2
♣ 5 3

N

W E

S

♠ Q 10 9 8 7 3
♥ K 5 3
♦ 8 5
♣ 8 2
 

♠ A K 6 5
♥ A 9 2
♦ A 4
♣ A K Q 10

 
Solution
  • On the fifth club from dummy, South discards the Ace of diamonds.
  • He then takes the Ace of hearts after finessing the heart twice, the Ace and King of spades followed by the low diamond.
  • North’s Queen of diamonds now becomes an entry for the ten of hearts.