Not So Impure
9 6 5 4 3 2
10 7
A K
Q J 8
Q J 8
9 6 5 4 3 2
10 7
A K
10 7
A K
Q J 8
9 6 5 4 3 2
A K
Q J 8
9 6 5 4 3 2
10 7
In most cases where either side has a fit, the opponents make up for
it by holding the top trumps. In this case the trumps are not nearly
as weak. Despite the strength, the defense can always score three
trumps.
Against spades, the defense starts by cashing the
♥ A-K,
then the
♣ A-K, followed by a heart from West at:
If North ruffs, East overruffs and leads a club, which gives West
another trump trick.
If North pitches the
♣ Q, East ruffs and still leads a
club:
South can't ruff, or it promotes a third trump trick for the defense,
so South pitches a diamond and West ruffs
high. This is just
West's natural trump trick, but West then promotes another trump trick
in his hand by leading a fourth heart:
East ruffs with the
♠ 10, promoting a third trump trick
for the defense.