Holding the cards in Diagram 1, what would you do?
This was the end-position (see Diagram 1).
Now came a spade to dummy's king, giving this position: (Diagram 1) How did Meckstroth continue?
That left this position (see Diagram 1): How could West have defeated the contract?
Declarer ruffed his club queen, then drew two rounds of trumps to give this position (see Diagram 1): Now Balicki led the diamond seven.
This was the full deal (see Diagram 1): As you can see, if East had shifted to a major suit at Trick 2, the contract would have failed.
Declarer ruffed and trumped a club on the board to give this position (Diagram 1): Declarer needed five more tricks, which had to come from trumps.
Then came a heart to South's ace, giving this position (see Diagram 1): On the heart king, West had to pitch a club, and dummy discarded a spade.
This was the position (see Diagram 1): When declarer played a spade to his ace, East accurately pitched another club.
After the diamond lead, declarer took his nine winners to give this position (see Diagram 1): Now South cleverly led the spade three, and West played his ten instead of his queen.
