This
deal features a very rare end position.
West
led a heart against three notrump, won with the ace
in dummy. Declarer led a diamond to the jack,
then cashed the ace and queen of clubs, hoping for
two club entries to play diamonds through East
again. However, when clubs split 4-1 he played
a diamond to the queen and ace. East cashed
the spade ace and switched mysteriously to a
diamond. South was now able to cash red suit
winners throwing a club from dummy leading to the
following end position with East to discard.
If
East discards a spade then South cashes the spade
king, crosses to dummy with the king of clubs and
wins the ten of spades.
If
East discards a club then South plays a club to the
king and a spade back to hand and wins the nine of
clubs.
This
ending is a criss-cross squeeze. It is
uncommon because it needs an unusual combination of
blocked suits.
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