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| Board 27 South Deals None Vul |
♠ K 7 ♥ J 9 4 ♦ 9 3 2 ♣ Q J 10 9 3 |
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♠ 8 6 3 ♥ A 5 2 ♦ K 5 4 ♣ A K 4 2 |
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♠ Q 10 9 5 4 2 ♥ K 10 7 3 ♦ 10 ♣ 7 6 |
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| ♠ A J ♥ Q 8 6 ♦ A Q J 8 7 6 ♣ 8 5 |
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| West | North | East | South |
| 1 ♦ | |||
| Dbl | Pass | 4 ♠ | All pass |
| Trick | Lead | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| 1. S | ♣ 8 | A | 3 | 6 |
| 2. W | ♠ 3 | 7 | 10 | J |
| 3. S | ♣ 5 | K | 9 | 7 |
| 4. W | ♠ 6 | K | 2 | A |
| 5. S | ♦ A | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 6. S | ♦ Q | K | 3 | ♥ 3 |
| 7. W | ♠ 8 | ♣ 10 | Q | ♦ 6 |
| 8. E | ♠ 9 | ♦ 7 | ♣ 2 | ♣ J |
| 9. E | ♠ 5 | ♦ 8 | ♥ 2 | ♦ 9 |
On this deal, the defenders must play carefully, or they both will end up being squeezed.
Declarer loses two trumps and the ♦A during the course of play, and discards one heart loser on the ♦K when it becomes established. Declarer then runs the spades, and everyone must come down to four cards:
| ♠ — ♥ J 9 4 ♦ — ♣ Q |
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♠ — ♥ A 5 ♦ 5 ♣ 4 |
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♠ 4 ♥ K 10 7 ♦ — ♣ — |
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| ♠ — ♥ Q 8 6 ♦ J ♣ — |
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When declarer leads the ♠4, South is squeezed: he must retain the ♦J (else dummy's five will become a winner) and so he throws a heart. The ♦5 is now discarded from dummy, and North is squeezed: he must retain the ♣Q (else dummy's four will become a winner) and so he also throws a heart. Declarer then plays a low heart to the ace, a heart back to the king and the ♥10 is good for his tenth trick.
As the cards lie, South can break up the squeeze by leading a small heart earlier in the play; this destroys declarer's transportation. However, if East has the ♥J rather than North, the heart lead would make life easy for declarer.
North can keep South from being squeezed by saving the ♦9 (discarding a heart instead); South can then safely play the ♦J instead of a heart on the ♠4.
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