Posted 2011-December-03, 19:14
Maybe I'm missing something, but the defence always beats it.
We must win this diamond trick or else a club sets up a trump promotion for the defence's third trick, but winning it leaves East endplayed into giving the defence the third trick anyway. If you play a spade to the king to ruff the club, we must give up a heart or a low ruff and the defence still has the queen of trumps. If we try taking a losing trump finesse, a club leaved us locked in the East hand. And playing AK of trumps means North can win the queen early and cash their 3rd trick.
Wayne Somerville