[sakuragi]

bd 5

we could have beaten it, but we did not.

[johnu]

Looks like winning defense is to win ♦A and lead ♠10. Easier to find if ♦J denies a higher honor.

[nige1]

sakuragi, on 2016-June-18, 21:38, said:

we could have beaten it, but we did not.

Thank you for posting all these deals, Sakuragi

When West returns a ♦, Declarer does best to cash both top ♦s, according to deep finesse. Double dummy, he makes a miraculous overtrick

Declarer cashed only one top ♦. Now, after west wins ♣T, a small ♠ still defeats the contract.

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[sakuragi]

winning the Da playing back a 2nd D is normal. who wouldnt?
playing the 3rd D appears to be mistake. one would already see that declarer would never get that D trick.

[johnu]

sakuragi, on 2016-June-19, 00:43, said:

winning the Da playing back a 2nd D is normal. who wouldnt?

Like I said, playing back a diamond only looks right if partner led from ♦KJ10(x)(x).

[barmar]

I led the diamond back because I couldn't see anything better. I wasn't able to picture the layout where giving declarer a free finesse in spades would be the killing defense.