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Another diamond lead resulted in two more tricks in that suit for the defenders and down two.
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West will take two more tricks in the suit for down one in four spades (or four more tricks for down two in three no-trump).
If East had ruffed South would have discarded his diamond eight and taken two more tricks in trumps.
The declarer knew he had been tricked when the queen held and another spade gave East two more tricks in the suit.
Lazer needed two more tricks in this position: Diagram The diamond nine was led and the heart four was played from dummy, an elegant and unusual underruff to make the contract.
This forced the dummy to ruff, and West took two more tricks, one in each black suit, for down one.
A third spade lead removed the remaining trumps, and the lead was in dummy in this curious position: Needing three more tricks, South led the club queen from the dummy.
West won and had the lead in this position: South needs five more tricks, and it appears that the contract is safe.
South would have won with the jack and would have needed six more tricks in this tricky position: It appears that South is headed for defeat, but he can survive.
Declarer, wanting to avoid the heart finesse, won the diamond lead, cashed three more tricks in that suit, played a spade to his king and took four club winners to give this position: Note that Grieve had carefully discarded the heart queen from the dummy, keeping the heart finesse available if necessary.
Dummy's two club winners were cashed, and a third diamond lead put East on play in this position: (Diagram) South needed three more tricks.
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