The
bidding was over in just two rounds and South brilliantly brought home the contract
without difficulty. It may appear as if 6NT has two certain losers, but watch how the play unfolded.
The
opening lead was the ©9. Placing the unseen cards
perfectly, declarer won in hand with the ©A. He
recognized that the ©K would have a crucial role to play
later on. South then cashed four rounds of clubs and two diamond tricks to
bring this position, with the lead in dummy.
North- ª63 -- ©K6 ¨AQ§--- East-ª95 --©QJ ¨76§----
South
-ªAQ8©54 ¨2 §-- West - ª KJ102 ©87♦ -- §----
When
declarer cashed the ♦A, West gave up a heart, South then took
dummy's ©K and ♦Q, and
West found himself the victim of the rare one-suit squeeze. If he released his ª2, he
would be vulnerable to a routine throw-in. Consequently he let go the ª10 in the
dubious hope that South would misread the position.
Declarer
made no such error. East made a valiant
attempt by covering dummy’s spade lead with the ª9, but
South inserted the ªQ, losing to West’s ªK. Trick 12 comprised the ª8 and the
game!
Six NT
would fail if the declarer makes the fatal error of winning the opening heart
lead with the ©K.
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