Problem 451

composed by Hugh Darwen, 2000, from a random deal by DeepFinesse.

DR3	♠ 974 ♥ J6 ♦ AQ10862 ♣ K2
♠ KJ5 ♥ 105 ♦ J743 ♣ AQJ9		♠ Q8632 ♥ Q82 ♦ K ♣ 10543
	♠ A10 ♥ AK9743 ♦ 95 ♣ 876

What must West lead to defeat South's contract of six hearts, and why?

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Successful solvers to date:  Bob Bignall, Yunfeng Zhu, F.Y. Sing

        © Hugh Darwen, 2004

Date last modified: 13 December, 2009