Bridge Deal of the Week (Mar 21 2008)

Problem:

The Auction:
West   North   East   South
           2♦¹      pass      3♣²
all pass

1 - short diamonds, 11-15 HCP, length in other three suits
2 - sign-off

This week's deal is like a chess problem in the focus is on the end game. West leads the ♣A trying to cut down dummy's ruffing power, and manages to crash his partner's king. A club is led to East's queen. The next few tricks are as follows:

Trick 3 - East plays a diamond to dummy's ace
Trick 4 - ♠K to East's ♠A
Trick 5 - ♦J to the K, pitching a heart from dummy
Trick 6 - spade to the 10 and East's queen
Trick 7 - ♦10 led, ruffed with the ♣J in dummy.
Trick 8 - ♠J cashed, discarding a heart from hand.

The task on hand is to take the rest of the tricks.

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Bridge Baron deal No: N5333-51338-15047-38029-04909-26256

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