29nd July 2020


A lead problem from a recent online league match.


 S  QJ62
 H  104
 D  Q76
 C  K753

Love All. IMPs Dealer South

South
West
North
East
1H Pass
2D Pass
2H Pass
3D Pass
3H Pass 4H Pass
4NT Pass 5C Pass
5D Pass 6D Pass
7H Pass Pass Pass

After a long and complicated two over one auction you find yourself on lead against a grand slam.
Two diamonds was game forcing, four notrump was Roman Keycard Blackwood for hearts.  Five clubs showed one key card and five diamonds asked about the queen of hearts, six diamonds showed the heart queen and the king of diamonds. 

What do you lead?

Solution

South has long hearts and clearly the black suit aces, so your best chance is that South has a singleton diamond and that you can cut out the diamond suit in dummy by leading one.  The full deal is below.

Dealer South
S
753
   
Love All
H
Q
   
    D AKJ10532
   
    C 64
   
S
QJ62
    S
K1098
H
104
    H
J86
D
Q76
    D
98
C
K753
    C
QJ92
    S
A4
   
    H
AK97532
   
    D
4
   
    C
A108
   



Thanks to Neil Thomas for providing this deal